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▪ I. ˈtenting, ppl. a.
[f. tent n.1 + -ing2.]
1. Resembling a tent; converging as the sides of a tent.
1818Keats Endym. ii. 400 Coverlids..Not hiding up an Apollonian curve Of neck and shoulder, nor the tenting swerve Of knee from knee, nor ankles pointing light. 1932S. O'Faoláin Midsummer Night Madness 26 The tenting chestnuts filled the lanes with darkness.
2. Of a circus: that tents (tent v.6 1 a).
1875T. Frost Circus Life iii. 67 The tenting circuses of those days were on a more limited scale than those of the present time, and were met with chiefly at fairs. 1931S. McKechnie Popular Entertainments viii. 206 The early tenting circuses were unpretentious concerns. 1981P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman i. 18 He..owned half a small tenting circus.
▪ II. tenting, vbl. n.1 and n.|ˈtɛntɪŋ|
[f. tent v.6 + -ing1.]
A. vbl. n. Lodging in or as in tents; encamping; sojourning. Also (with reference to a touring circus or the like) camping and performing in a tent. Chiefly attrib.
1858Macduff Bow in Cloud (1870) 32 Tenting-time here—resting-time yonder. 1861All Year Round 16 Nov. 186/1 The tenting system is now so well organised, that everything connected with it is conducted with effect and punctuality. 1870Standard 14 Dec., They were in excellent marching trim, carryed neither knapsack nor tenting equipage. 1873Tristram Moab xiii. 234 A little plain.., a lovely tenting spot. 1878L. M. Alcott Under Lilacs iv. 40 Father..went off sudden..just before the tentin' season was over. 1883‘Annie Thomas’ Mod. Housewife 81 That a house in the country, a short distance from London, was a more expensive form of tenting than an equally highly-rented one in the heart of the great metropolis. 1931S. McKechnie Pop. Entertainments viii. 222 Bertram W. Mills' Circus and Menagerie..only in its second tenting season..has already revolutionised the status of the circus. 1952N. Streatfeild Aunt Clara 114 We have a little time when tenting is finished. 1971Esquire July 88/2 The Hartford Circus fire of 1944..caused the big show to forswear tenting in 1956 and resolve to play only arena engagements indoors.
B. n. [f. tent n.1; cf. bedding, sacking.] Material for tents.
1887Pall Mall G. 4 June 8/2 The rain, instead of running off as it should have done on first-class tenting material, dripped through persistently, until the tents were perfectly uninhabitable. 1936Discovery Dec. 381/1 The second assistant had been carried down the rapids on the tenting.
▪ III. tenting
see also tent v.1, etc. |