tensura

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tensūra, ae, f. [tendo],

a stretching out , a straining , tension (post-class.): papilionis, i. e. a setting up , pitching , Hyg. Gromat. init. : corporis, Veg. Vet. 1, 21 fin. ; 2, 25; Theod. Prisc. 4, 1 med.