The last remaining tenterhook frames in the world. Tenterhooks were used to stretch and dry cloth after weaving

• Contributor: Bob Caddick / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: FNKN9P
• File size: 28.4 MB (819.4 KB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 3858 x 2572 px | 32.7 x 21.8 cm | 12.9 x 8.6 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: March 2016
• Location: Otterburn,Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

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Possibly the last remaining tenter hooks frames in the world, these are at Otterburn in Northumberland. The frames and their sharp hooks were used to stretch and dry cloth in the sun and their name gives us the expression "on tenterhooks" meaning to be very tense or nervous about something

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