Word Meanings - TEMPLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Related words: (words related to TEMPLE)

• KEEP
  k, AS.c to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. 1. To care; to desire. I kepe not of armes for to yelp . Chaucer. 2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
• TRANSVERSELY
  In a transverse manner.
• STRETCHING
  from Stretch, v. Stretching course , a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton.
• KEEPER
  1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
• STRETCH
  OHG. strecchen, Sw. sträcka, Dan. strække; cf. AS. stræck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. Chaucer. I in
• KEEPERSHIP
  The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
• STRETCHER
  A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, stretches.
• KEEPING
  Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping. Keeping room, a family sitting room. Syn. -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession. (more info) 1. A holding;
• KEEPSAKE
  Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.
• SAFE-KEEPING
  The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
• OUTKEEPER
  An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
• INNKEEPER
  An innholder.
• POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
  The keeper of a pound.
• CROWKEEPER
  A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.
• BOOKKEEPER
  One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
• SHOPKEEPER
  A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison.
• HOUSEKEEPER
  1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke. 2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants
• DOORKEEPER
  One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
• BARKEEPER
  One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
• UNDERKEEP
  To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. Spenser.
• GAMEKEEPER
  One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. Blackstone.
• MISKEEP
  To keep wrongly. Chaucer.
• FAR-STRETCHED; FARSTRETCHED
  Stretched beyond ordinary limits.