Definition of "tightener" in English

noun

1. Something used to tighten.

2. (UK, slang, archaic) A large meal; a feast or blowout.

   • 184?, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor One proposed going to Hungerford-market to do a feed on decayed shrimps or other offal laying about the market; another proposed going to Covent-garden to do a 'tightener' of rotten oranges, to which I was humorously invited; […]