WOTD
tenterhooks \ TEN-ter-hooks \ , noun;
1. On tenterhooks, in a state of uneasy suspense or painful anxiety. 2. One of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.tenterhooks \ TEN-ter-hooks \ , noun;
1. On tenterhooks, in a state of uneasy suspense or painful anxiety. 2. One of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.