One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter.

Roget 214: pendency^†, dependency; suspension, hanging etc. v.; pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum; hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook; fastening etc. 45; spar, horse.    ... show more

Dutch: spanhaak