I.a little stretcher.
I. Lit.: “vestimenta tendiculis diducta,” Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 2.—
II. Trop. ( = fraus), a little snare, noose: “aucupia verborum et litterarum tendiculae,” Cic. Caecin. 23, 65: verborum tendiculas aucupemur, Ambros. de Fide, 3, 5, § 37; Vulg. Prov. 1, 11.