a. rare. [f. L. type *tenibilis, f. ten-ēre to hold: cf. docible.]
† 1. Capable of being held; = TENABLE 2. Obs.
1633. T. Stafford, Pac. Hib., II. viii. (1821), 320. Corke was a weake towne and not tenible against a powerfull enemy.
2. Able to retain or hold in (i.e., in quot., the saliva). rare.
1871. R. Ellis, Catullus, xliii. 3. A nose among the larger, Feet not dainty,… Mouth scarce tenible [L. nec ore sicco], hands not wholly faultless.
