tentn.1
/tɛnt/, U.S. /tɛnt/ 1. † b. A sheet or screen of canvas or the like.
a. A portable shelter or dwelling of canvas (formerly of skins or cloth), supported by means of a pole or poles, and usually extended and secured by ropes fastened to pegs which are driven into the ground; used by travellers, soldiers, nomads, and others; a pavilion; also, a similar shelter erected on a travelling boat or wagon.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun]
telda900
field houseOE
saleOE
pavilionc1225
comelc1275
pallionc1300
tentoura1325
tentc1325
holetc1380
hileta1382
tabernacle1382
cabin?a1400
hale?a1400
tentory1412
logis1477
booth1535
ordu1673
toldo1839
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 4156 Hii come to barbesflet & piȝte þer bi syde Hor tentes & hor pauilons.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 125 Antecrist schal be slawe in his owne tent in þe mount Olyuete.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7714 Þai went, Vn-to þe kings aun tent.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7709 He sett his tentes in a dale.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 1657 Þar loges & þare tentis vp þei gan bigge.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 46 How he wolde come be nyght hym-self to his teynte.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xii. 16 Get the to thy tentes [ Wyclif, Turne aȝen into thi tabernaclis] O Israel [Geneva, 1611, To your tents, O Israel].
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10190 The troiens..Takyn þere tenttes, turnyt hom vnder.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tent or bouthe in a fayre or market.
a1570 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 407 Comptroller of her graces Revelles tenthes & pavillions.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. iii. 7 Vp with my tent there, here will I lie to night, But where to morrow. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 82 The weather grew so extreme, as it blew downe all our Tents, and tore them in pieces.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 May (1965) I. 356 The Sultan is allready gone to his Tents, and all his Court.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 285 Friday and I, in about 2 Hours time, made a very handsome Tent, cover'd with old Sails.
1844 H. W. Longfellow Day is Done 43 The cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 55 When Troops are to encamp, General Officers are not to leave their Brigades until the Tents are pitched.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms
screen1538
tent1572
shelter1585
sconce1591
shade1624
bothy1750
breakwind1823
watershed1831
1572 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 179 Hanging up Tentes to keepe away the wynde & snow from dryving into the hall.
2. transferred.
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a. Something likened to or resembling a tent; spec.
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b. in Photography, a curtained box serving as a portable dark-room.
c. the silken web of a tent-caterpillar.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lasiocampidae > member of genus Malacosoma (tent caterpillar)
tent1599
tent caterpillar1854
1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 25 Heauens wide-spreading Tent.
1862 B. Taylor Poet's Jrnl. iii. 52 Its little bell expands, for me, A tent of silver lily fair.
1923 T. S. Eliot Waste Land iii. 14 The river's tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf Clutch and sink into the wet bank.
1929 Oxf. Poetry 13 Here in this harbour where straw glows..and overhead The unbroken tent of heaven covers.
d. The name given to a local ‘lodge’ or ‘habitation’ of the Rechabites; also of the Zionists.[From the tents in which the ancient Rechabites dwelt, Jeremiah xxxv. 7, and those in which Israel dwelt in the wilderness.]
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > local branch of specific association
tent1886
society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > chapel > [noun] > Zionist (Rechabite)
tent1886
1886 Rechabite Mag. July 151 The sick funds in the possession of the various tents.
1897 E. Reich in 19th Cent. Aug. 261 At the head of religious Zionism are the numerous ‘Tents’ of the ‘Lovers of Zion’.
1897 E. Reich in 19th Cent. Oct. 633 The English Association, known as the Chovevi Zion..has 35 established ‘Tents’, spread through the length and breadth of the United Kingdom.
e. Applied to a hut.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of
lonquhardc1480
hothouse1643
ajoupa1666
penthouse1683
pandal?1692
bark-hut1744
log-tent1748
log cabin1770
bush-hut1775
log-hut1778
yurt1780
isba1784
beach hut1806
whare1807
bough-house1811
pondok1815
grass hut1818
hartebeest house1818
leaf hut1818
gunyah1820
grass house1823
slab-and-bark hut1826
slab-and-shingle hut1826
slab whare1826
rondavel1829
bush-house1835
skerm1835
jacal1838
toldo1839
log-shanty1847
wurley1847
maloca1853
palm hut1853
whare1853
hutmenta1857
bush-shanty1857
benab1860
pondokkie1862
bothan1863
lanaia1869
hogan1872
tenta1873
beehive-hut1884
leaf shelter1886
Oklahoma1889
goondie1890
cabana1898
troolie hut1899
tukul1901
fale1902
banda1908
kya1909
hut1913
obi1913
Nissen hut1917
Nissen1919
basha1921
tourist cabin1928
bunkie1935
wanigan1937
Quonset hut1942
chickee1943
iron lung1943
Quonset1943
a1873 E. O. M. Deutsch Lit. Remains (1874) vii. 178 The people dwelling during their lifetime in tents of mud.
1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xxxvii. 147 A little disjointed gipsy encampment of mud-built tents pitched on the bare moor.
f. A plastic or fabric enclosure that can be placed round a patient in bed so that the air he or she breathes can be modified and controlled. Cf. oxygen tent n. at oxygen n. Compounds 2.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > life-supporting equipment > [noun] > breathing equipment
resuscitator1831
artificial lung1844
respirator1854
inhaler1864
Fleuss1882
bottle1888
tent1892
pulmotor1910
oxygen mask1920
oxygen tent1925
inhalator1929
iron lung1930
cuirass1939
cuirass respirator1939
breathing apparatus1940
Ambu1960
ventilator1961
1892 J. Carmichael Disease in Children xvii. 235 The room should be well ventilated, and the temperature of the tent kept between 65° and 70°.
1941 M. Davidson Pract. Man. Dis. Chest (ed. 2) xxxv. 559 Many varieties of tent have been constructed, all of which..demand considerable supervision.
1971 S. M. Bates Pract. Pediatric Nursing xii. 237 Both tents are designed to achieve cool super~saturation of the contained air with minimal wetting.
1979 L. F. Whaley & D. L. Wong Nursing Care Infants & Children xxxii. 1201/1 For continuous aerosol therapy a misting device is attached to or incorporated in the mist tent.
3. figurative. An abode, residence, habitation, dwelling-place; esp. in phrases to have or pitch one's tent(s.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]
resteOE
worthineeOE
settlea900
wickc900
houseOE
erdinga1000
teld-stedec1000
wonningc1000
innOE
bewistc1200
setnessc1200
wanea1225
i-holda1250
wonec1275
wunselec1275
wonning-place1303
bigginga1325
wonning-stede1338
tabernaclea1340
siegec1374
dwelling-placec1380
lodgingc1380
seea1382
tabernaclea1382
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
arresta1400
bowerc1400
wonning-wanec1400
lengingc1420
tenementc1425
tentc1430
abiding placea1450
mansion place1473
domicile1477
lendingc1480
inhabitance1482
biding-place?1520
seat1535
abode1549
remainingc1550
soil1555
household1585
mansion-seata1586
residing1587
habitance1590
fixation1614
situation?1615
commoratorya1641
haft1785
location1795
fanea1839
inhabitancy1853
habitat1854
occupancy1864
nivas1914
downsetting1927
c1430 (c1370) G. Chaucer A.B.C. (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1878) l. 9 Bounte so fix haþ in myn herte his tent.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxxiii[i]. 10 To dwell in the tentes of the vngodly [1611 tents of wickednesse].
1624 J. Davies Psalm xv Lord! who shall dwell in thy bright tent with Thee?
1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 259 To Chassis pleasing Plains he took his way, There pitch'd his Tents, and there resolv'd to stay.
1827 Edinb. Weekly Jrnl. 28 Feb. They..spoke of the theatre as of the tents of sin.
1887 H. Caine Life Coleridge iv Roscoe invited him to pitch his tent in Liverpool.
4. Scottish. A portable pulpit set up in the open air for the preacher on sacramental or other occasions when the worshippers are too numerous to be accommodated in the church.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > lectern or pulpit > [noun] > portable
tent1678
1678 Lady Methven Let. 15 Oct. in J. Anderson Ladies of Covenant (1851) Introd. p. xxxiv They had their tent set up..upon your ground.
a1699 M. Shields in J. Howie Faithful Contendings Displayed (1780) 381 A tent being set up before, Mr. Shields continued in his lecture.
1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xiv, in Poems 47 But hark! the tent has chang'd it's voice.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott May ann. 1819 Every kirk in the neighbourhood being left empty when it was known he was to mount the tent at any country sacrament.
1885 A. Edgar Old Church Life Scotl. 177 Besides a church, every parish required a tent. This..was not a tabernacle of canvas for sheltering the worshippers, but a moveable pulpit made of wood for the preacher to stand in.
Compounds
General attributive. C1.
a. Simple attributive ‘of, consisting of, belonging to, used in, dwelling in, a tent or tents’.
tent accommodation n.
tent-cloth n.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Tente clothes, wherwith tentes are couered.
1836 Uncle Philip's Conversat. Whale Fishery 13 The sinews..they use in sewing their coats and tent cloths.
tent-curtain n.
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1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xviii. 199 Most of the officers lay asleep on low ottomans, with their tent curtains undrawn.
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) xcvii. 518 He crawled back through the tent-curtain.
tent-fashion n.
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xvi. 176 Their neat canvas housing rigged tent-fashion.
tent-fellow n.
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1904 Expositor Apr. 311 Men from all parts of Greece were tent fellows and messmates.
tent-flap n.
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1920 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 319/2 He paused with his shaking hand on the tent-flap.
1980 D. Hart-Davis Heights of Rimring vii. 67 He unrolled the tent-flaps and let them hang down.
tent-frame n.
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1980 D. Hart-Davis Heights of Rimring vi. 65 The porters..began to fit tent-frames together.
tent-hand n.
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1938 N. Streatfeild Circus is Coming v. 57 The man finished fixing a seat. ‘I'm a tent hand.’
1965 H. Gold Man who was not with It (new ed.) xiv. 115 A couple of tenthands are taking their flannel shirts off a line.
tent-house n. figurative
tent-life n.
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1858 G. Rhodes (title) Tents and tent-life, from the earliest ages to the present time.
1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah v. 137 Tent-life in the winter months is very enjoyable.
tent-mate n.
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1695 W. W. Novum Lumen Chirurgicum Extinctum 48 Seeing some of his Tent-mates, I asked them if he was not distracted?
1972 J. M. Minifie Homesteader xviii. 158 I used the Army-issue straight blade [razor] myself, to the intense admiration of my tent-mates.
tent-picket n.
tent-pole n.
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1706 London Gaz. No. 4189/4 Out of the Albion Frigat,..Pictures, Tent Poles.
1864 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 14 Your hands have borne the tent-poles.
1974 R. Adams Shardik xviii. 134 His ugly, unmarriageable tent-pole of a daughter.
1979 Guardian 12 June 2/4 These..facts..were..‘the fixed and rigid tentpoles’ of the whole edifice of the prosecution case.
tent-post n.
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1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity V. xi. i. 13 The Mamelukes..tied him to a tent-post with his hands behind his back.
tent-roof n.
tent-rope n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > rope
tent-rope1424
pavilion tow1496
1424 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 151 Pro ij wellrapis, ij tente~rapis, et j veylrape cum j corda..5s.
1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 397 Douglas..penetrated to the royal tent, [and] cut the tent-ropes.
tent-sail n. sail n.1 7.
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1892 H. R. Haggard Nada the Lily Introd. 2 The shivering natives..took refuge on the second waggon, drawing a tent-sail over them.
tent-school n.
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1909 Jrnl. Educ. Apr. 294/2 South Australia... A new plan for the education of children in remote parts of the State... The first tent school has already been established and is to be found in the Hundred of Shannon, or Eyre Peninsula.
tent-skirt n.
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1896 ‘M. Field’ Attila iv. 106 At last they caught the tent-skirt in their hands And entered one by one.
tent-staff n.
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1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxi. §11. 369 The tent-staff and pennon all or.
tent-table n.
tent-talk n.
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1932 W. H. Auden Orators iii. 108 The tent-talk pauses a little till a veteran answers ‘Go to sleep, Sonny!’
tent-tomb n.
tent-wagon n.
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1819 C. G. Curtis Acct. Colony Cape Good Hope iii. 118 A light tent waggon, drawn by six or eight horses, constitutes the carriage of the wine boor.
1893 Month Apr. 523 I live in a tent-wagon.
b. Objective and objective genitive.
tent-holder n.
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1905 Daily Chron. 22 Aug. 6/5 At a largely-attended meeting of tent-holders at Southend..it was pointed out that, according to legal advice, the tent-owners were in the position of trespassers.
tent-keeper n.
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1625 Proclam. Charles I 23 May in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1726) XVIII. 94/1 Wee doe..commaunde that all Tentkeepers..together with all such idle Persons..shall..departe from Our Courte.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 164/1 Dayly pay..Pioners each 1s. Tent Keepers each 18d.
tent-owner n.
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1905 Daily Chron. 22 Aug. 6/5 The tent-owners were in the position of trespassers.
tent-pitcher n.
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1875 T. Seaton Man. Fret Cutting viii. 87 Tell your tent-pitcher to give me two long tent-pins and two short ones.
tent-pitching n.
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1913 S. O'Casey Let. 7 June (1975) I. 28 There will be exhibitions of drill, tent-pitching, and skirmishing.
1925 G. Bell Let. 28 Jan. (1927) II. xxv. 721 The ordinary Scout exercises and tent pitchings—which they did extremely well.
c. Instrumental.
tent-clad adj.
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?1780 W. Carter Disbanded Subaltern 1 Close at the bottom of this tent-clad hill.
tent-dotted adj.
tent-dwelling adj.
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1648 J. Owen Eben-ezer i. 24 The Tent-dwelling Arabians.
tent-like adj.
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1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student iii. v. 153 Behold, how beautiful she stands Under the tent-like trees!
d. (In sense 4.)
tent-meeting n.
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1950 Reader's Digest Jan. 85/2 Frakes joined the Methodist Church at an evangelistic tent meeting.
tent-preacher n.
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1966 Punch 9 Mar. 362/2 A tent-preacher and healer tells a diabetic woman she is cured.
1977 Time 26 Dec. 41/1 The latter include everything from Episcopalians to nearly a million Roman Catholics, to oddball healers and assorted tent preachers.
tent-preaching n.
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1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 537 At the celebration of..the Sacrament of the Supper.., there is no field or tent preaching..so derogatory from the solemnity of this institution.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Scottish Presbyterians..still feel some degree of partiality to tent-preaching.
tent-reader n.
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1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 27 He was Tent-Reader of our Service-Book.
tent-sermon n.
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a1814 J. Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th Cent. (1888) II. vii. 25 Tent-sermons were retained by general consent.
C2. Special combinations. See also tent-bed n., tent-door n., etc.
tent-barge n. a barge having a tent-like canvas awning.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > other types of barge
coal barge1720
budgerow1727
water1727
brick barge1738
tent-barge1796
water barge1798
passage-barge1804
steam barge1812
schooner barge1819
tongkang1834
bumbarge1839
Tom Pudding1880
grain-barge1902
butty1923
support barge1967
reel barge1972
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xix. 71 A decent tent-barge with six oars.
tent-bottom n. a board floor fitted to a tent.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > floor
tent-bottom1902
groundsheet1907
ground cloth1919
1902 Fortn. Rev. June 988 The wooden tent-bottoms are placed outside the tents and thoroughly scrubbed three times a week.
tent caterpillar n. the gregarious larva of a North American moth of the genus Malacosoma of the family Lasiocampidæ, which spins a tent-like web.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lasiocampidae > member of genus Malacosoma (tent caterpillar)
tent1599
tent caterpillar1854
1854 E. Emmons Agric. N.Y. V. 236 To eradicate completely the tent caterpillar, it will be necessary to give attention to the wild cherry trees.
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story iv A colony of jays would soon destroy all the tent-caterpillars.
1901 Board Agric. Leaflet No. 69. 1 Two species of so-called ‘Tent Caterpillars’ are frequently found on various fruit trees.
1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. iii. 1135 The larvae of M. americana..are commonly known as ‘tent-caterpillars’, their webs measuring 2 feet or more in length.
tent city n. a very large collection of tents.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > type of
ordu1673
chantier1823
douar1829
outcamp1844
log-camp1858
lumbering-camp1858
yayla1864
refugee camp1865
cow-camp1873
gypsyry1873
work camp1877
tent town1878
logging-camp1880
lumber-camp1882
town camp1885
base camp1887
line-camp1888
wanigan1890
isolation camp1891
tent village1899
sheep-camp1911
safari camp1912
jungle1914
transit camp1919
Siwash camp1922
health camp1925
tent city1934
fly camp1939
bivvy1961
1934 M. F. K. Fisher in As they Were (1983) 64 A tent city, many umbrella and hot-dog concessions.
1980 J. Domatilla Last Crime 5 A tent city of tourists on a similar pilgrimage.
tent club n. in India, a club organized for the sport of pig-sticking.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > hunt > pig-sticking club
tent club1889
1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking xvii. 152 Every station near which pig are to be found has its Tent Club. This is an association of the sportsmen of the place for carrying out the preservation of the pig, and successful hunting.
1895 R. Kipling in Cent. Mag. Dec. 271/1 He became a member of the local Tent Club, and chased the mighty boar on horseback.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 105/1 A Tent Club corresponds to a Hunt; the Hon. Secretary to the Master.
tent coat n. a coat resembling a tent in shape, being narrow at the shoulders and very wide at the hem.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > other
russet coatc1425
syon1511
party coat1559
patch-coat?1608
undercoat1648
turncoat1726
wambais1761
straw coat1783
coatlet1795
Wellington coat1809
redingote1823
shad-belly1842
cutaway1849
reliever1850
blouse1861
shooter1870
square-cut1893
stroller1901
Redfern1909
sherwani1911
teddy bear1925
swagger coat1933
swing-coat1935
Crombie1951
tent coat1961
1961 Guardian 1 Feb. 7/5 A vast tent coat..over an elegant little sheath dress.
1971 Vogue 15 Sept. 51 Short tent coat with cape yoke.
tent-fly n. see fly n.2 4b; also, an exterior sheet stretched over the ridge-pole so as to cover the ordinary tent-roof with an air-space between.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > flysheet
tent-fly1849
fly-sheet1926
rain fly1968
1849 T. T. Johnson Sights Gold Region 169 The tent-fly is a second roof usually erected over the tent.
1897 H. Porter in Cent. Mag. Apr. 831 A hospital tent-fly was stretched in front of the office tent so as to make a shaded space.
tent-man n. (a) a tent-dweller; (b) one who has charge of a tent.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller in tent
lodgera1300
Scenite1575
tenter1846
camper1856
tent-man1880
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > person in charge of tent
tent-man1880
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur iv. xi. 236 Drink, for this is the fear-naught of the tentmen.
1945 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Feb. 7/2 Circus men sentenced... Chief tentman, two to seven years in State prison.
1961 Times 28 Mar. 12/6 The sweating ‘tentman’..will be clown, drummer, lion~tamer rolled into one.
1978 Illustr. London News Nov. 32/3 As a kid..I used to take my waddie bottle..full of tea to the tentmen, they were travelling labourers, really.
tent-master n. see quot. 1648.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > quartermaster-general
marshal of the field?a1560
camp-mastera1569
field marshal1614
quartermaster general1616
marshal of the campa1628
tent-master1648
camp-marshal1670
camp-master-general1693
QMG1758
D.A.Q.M.G.-
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Tenten-meester, a Tent-master, or a Marshall of a Campe.
1864 J. G. Bertram Glimpses Real Life xiii. 123 There must be a tent-master and tenters, besides the agent in advance, the members of the brass band, [etc.].
1938 N. Streatfeild Circus is Coming v. 57 You'll have the tent master after me.
tent-pin n. = tent-peg n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > peg
tent-pin1763
tent-stake1862
tent-peg1864
peg1879
1763 J. Bell Trav. from St. Petersburg I. 323 Our European tents are of little use, as there is no earth in which the tent-pins can be fastened.
1807 J. B. Wilkinson Rep. on Arkansaw in Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) ii. App. 24 We found..many tent-pins made of wood.
1875 [see tent-pitcher n. at Compounds 1b]. tent ring n. Canadian a ring of stones used to hold down a tent, teepee, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > circle of stones
tent ring1945
tepee ring1956
1945 Beaver Mar. 39/2 When a tent is struck.., the ring of stones which held it down lies there for years to come, and these tent rings are found today scattered even more widely..than the old igloos.
1958 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 29 Apr. 13/3 My large tent needed more rocks to hold it down firmly than the usual tent ring supplied.
tent-sack n. (see quot. 1940).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent
tenticle1548
pal1656
marquee1690
gourbi1738
marquise1749
yurt1780
bell-tent1785
kibitka1799
shuldari1808
fly-tent1816
Swiss cottage1820
skin house1826
big tent1843
ridge tent1846
brush tent1862
dog tent1862
shelter tent1862
wall-tent1862
wedge tent1862
pup tent1863
A tent1863
tupik1864
tentlet1879
choom1889
pyramid1889
tortoise tent1890
safari tent1926
tent-sack1940
tent-trailer1963
tepee1970
trailer tent1971
Whillans box1971
1940 F. Smythe Adventures of Mountaineer vii. 89 There was little else we could do save..unpack our tent-sack... It was simply a large sack of jaconet waterproof and windproof material intended to shelter climbers in an emergency.
1972 D. Haston In High Places iv. 52 As we were sitting comfortably in our tent sacks there was suddenly a loud explosion and a great hissing all around.
tent show n. a show (such as a circus) given in a tent.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun]
cirque-play1606
cirque-show1614
cirque-sight1636
tent show1878
1878 M. Long Life Mason Long: Converted Gambler iv. 60 I made the acquaintance of a man named McCoole, who was travelling with a small tent show.
1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn xv. 231 She had often thought of renting him out as a shill for some tent-show evangelist.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Dec. 1593/4 Her life of the tent show, the Black touring company, race labels and buffet flats.
tent-stake n. U.S. = tent-peg n.; also in figurative phrase to pull up tent-stakes: to close down a business etc.; cf. stake n.1 1e.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > peg
tent-pin1763
tent-stake1862
tent-peg1864
peg1879
1862 in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1863) V. ii. 156/1 The desolated, hard-trodden ground, and a few tent-stakes, remain to tell the story.
1923 H. Crane Let. 15 Feb. (1965) 123 Broom..has busted; N.Y. office closed last Saturday; March issue, the last, to be distributed from Berlin while the tent-stakes are being pulled up.
1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) i. 7 The Popcorn Man was throwing canvas over his machine and had it almost covered when a rube heaved a tent-stake.
tent town n. a temporary settlement (as of gold-miners or the like).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > type of
ordu1673
chantier1823
douar1829
outcamp1844
log-camp1858
lumbering-camp1858
yayla1864
refugee camp1865
cow-camp1873
gypsyry1873
work camp1877
tent town1878
logging-camp1880
lumber-camp1882
town camp1885
base camp1887
line-camp1888
wanigan1890
isolation camp1891
tent village1899
sheep-camp1911
safari camp1912
jungle1914
transit camp1919
Siwash camp1922
health camp1925
tent city1934
fly camp1939
bivvy1961
1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds vii. 103 Along the track west of it had sprung up five tent-towns.
1923 H. Steele Spirit of Iron 108 He came in touch with all the vice, wretchedness and stark tragedy abounding in the tent-towns and construction camps.
1965 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 May 3/2 Near this town..there is a tent-town of marginal people and transients.
tent-trailer n. originally and chiefly U.S. a kind of trailer consisting of a wheeled frame with a collapsible tent cover attached.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent
tenticle1548
pal1656
marquee1690
gourbi1738
marquise1749
yurt1780
bell-tent1785
kibitka1799
shuldari1808
fly-tent1816
Swiss cottage1820
skin house1826
big tent1843
ridge tent1846
brush tent1862
dog tent1862
shelter tent1862
wall-tent1862
wedge tent1862
pup tent1863
A tent1863
tupik1864
tentlet1879
choom1889
pyramid1889
tortoise tent1890
safari tent1926
tent-sack1940
tent-trailer1963
tepee1970
trailer tent1971
Whillans box1971
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle used as living accommodation > trailer with tent attached
tent-trailer1963
trailer tent1971
1963 Better Camping Mar. 32/2 It is only in the last six years or so that the tent trailer has grown from modest beginnings—little more than a bed on a trailer and just canvas cover enough to turn around in—to fold-out apartment-size dwellings.
1970 Daily Tel. 14 Nov. 9 Midway between tent and caravan..come the tent-trailers.
tent-tree n. a species of screw-pine: see quot.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > screw-pines
pandan1770
pandanus1770
screw pine1789
lauhala1815
hala1822
chandelier tree1830
screw palm1833
tent-tree1884
pandanad1892
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 227/1 Tent-tree, of Lord Howe's Island, Pandanus Forsteri.
tent village n. a small encampment; spec. = douar n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > type of
ordu1673
chantier1823
douar1829
outcamp1844
log-camp1858
lumbering-camp1858
yayla1864
refugee camp1865
cow-camp1873
gypsyry1873
work camp1877
tent town1878
logging-camp1880
lumber-camp1882
town camp1885
base camp1887
line-camp1888
wanigan1890
isolation camp1891
tent village1899
sheep-camp1911
safari camp1912
jungle1914
transit camp1919
Siwash camp1922
health camp1925
tent city1934
fly camp1939
bivvy1961
1899 A. E. W. Mason Miranda of Balcony x. 139 The Arab..belonged to a douar, a tent village.
1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. i. 3/6 They also called for reinforcements for their tent village.
Derivatives
ˈtentful n. as many as fill a tent.
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1897 Daily News 24 May 6/5 The whole tentful of people rose and the gentlemen reverently uncovered.
ˈtentwards adv. towards a tent.
ΚΠ
1893 Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 2/1 Four weird figures tramping tentwards after a long day abroad.
ˈtentwise adv.1 in the manner or shape of a tent.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [adverb] > in shape of tent
tentwise1846
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Prol. Tabernacle, an house made tentwise, or as a pauelion.
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 87 A genteel youth..whose straight, yellow hair is combed up, tent-wise, on the top of his head.
Draft additions 1993
Caribbean. A venue where calypso is performed. Also more fully calypso tent, kaiso tent.Originally tents were temporary bamboo-framed structures constructed in advance of events and performances. Now buildings often serve as tents (see e.g. quot. 1982).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > venue for calypso performances
tent1903
1903 Port of Spain Gaz. 26 Feb. 5/2 Rival bands met in streets or in one another's tent, not to test superiority by blows but to engage in friendly competition in song.
1955 I. McDonald in K. Ramchand & C. Gray West Indian Poetry (1972) 19 He was not famous in the tents: he went there once, and not a stone clapped, and he was afraid of respectable eyes.
1982 K. Warner Kaiso! Trinidad Calypso 12 A variety of halls, cinemas and other accessible buildings have served as calypso tents.
2001 ‘Mighty Chalkdust’ The Tent is It (transcribed from music video) The kaiso tent, my friend, Engages time-honoured men.
Draft additions 1993
tent dress n. a tent-shaped dress (see tent coat n. at Compounds 2 above), often worn as a maternity garment.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > other
gite13..
long dress1731
Jesuit1767
Brunswick1769
overdress1812
fancy dress1826
agbada1852
stone-bluea1855
low-neck1858
Dolly Varden1872
sundress1875
frump1886
harem dress1911
kimono gowna1922
gina-gina1923
dirndl1937
qipao1955
cheongsam1957
sack dress1957
tent dress1957
gomesi1965
minidress1965
poncho dress1968
longuette1970
anarkali1988
suit dress2017
1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 347/2 Tent dress, type of maternity garment.
1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 202/1 Short tent dress of woven checked cotton buttons at the shoulder and down one side.
1983 ‘D. Shannon’ Exploit of Death (1984) iii. 57 They found the place, a single frame house with peeling paint. A shapeless woman in a wrinkled tent dress opened the door.
Draft additions March 2009
tent pole n. slang an erection of the penis beneath clothing, sheeting, etc., humorously considered to form a shape resembling a tent. Recorded earliest in tent-pole man.
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1984 M. J. Lakeland tr. F. A. Sabbah Woman in Muslim Unconscious 124 The Tent-Pole Man is a man whose penis, in a constant state of erection, holds out his robe the way a tent-pole holds up a tent.
1991 M. Myers et al. Wayne's World (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 32 Wayne. Tent pole. She's a babe. Garth. She's magically bablicious.
1997 XL for Men Aug. 54/2 I walked home confused and with a raging tentpole in my pants.
2007 D. G. Storey in R. K. Bussel She's on Top i. 5 My eyes dropped lower..but you couldn't miss that tent pole poking up under the trousers.
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tentpole adj. and n. Film (a) adj. designating a big-budget film which is expected to generate sufficient revenue to support a range of other projects by the same studio; of or relating to such a film; (b) n. a film of this kind.
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1987 N.Y. Times 4 June. c21/6 Mr. Mancuso describes ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ as a ‘tent pole’ movie. Each year Paramount makes several high-budget films ‘that..are strong enough to support your entire schedule,’ he said.
1987 N.Y. Times 5 Sept. c15/3 He [sc. Mancuso] rescued ‘Top Gun’ from the discard pile because he thought the combination of aerial photography, Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis..might make a tent pole.
1991 Premiere Nov. 31/2 Tartikoff..was so eager to make Patriot Games part of a new ‘tent pole’ series that he'd already upped its budget from $28 million to $35 million.
2006 Y. Tzioumakis Amer. Independent Cinema Introd. 11 Tent pole films with potential for stratospheric profits.
2012 Variety 27 Feb. 9/3 Studios [were] less likely to take risks on unproven projects, and instead turned their attention to big-budget tentpoles.
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tentn.2
/tɛnt/, U.S. /tɛnt/, Scottish English /tɛnt/ Now Scottish and northern dialect.† 2. Intent, purpose; = intent n. 1, attent n. 3. Obsolete.
1. Attention, heed, care; nearly always in the phrases †give tent, to give heed, pay attention (obsolete), and take tent, to take heed, take care; with to, to pay attention to, take heed to; = attent n. 1, 2, intent n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun]
gomec1175
thoughtc1175
tenta1300
curec1300
intentc1320
keepa1325
heed1357
attendancec1374
attentionc1374
aspect1393
marka1400
notea1400
advertencea1413
markingc1443
regard1457
advertisementc1487
noticec1487
attent?a1500
advertation?c1500
respect1509
garda1569
intendiment1590
on-waiting1590
attend1594
tendment1597
attending1611
fixationa1631
adversion1642
heeding1678
attendancya1680
perpensity1704
observe1805
intending1876
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > pay attention [phrase]
to nim or take yemec1175
to bow the eyec1230
give tenta1300
to take (nim) heed13..
to have respect toa1398
to have an eye to (also in)1425
to give, pay heed (to)?1504
to make reckoning of1525
to take notice1573
to take into consideration1652
to return to our sheep1871
to sit up and take notice1886
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun]
yemec893
carefulnessa1000
getec1175
gomec1175
tenta1300
curec1300
keepa1325
diligence1340
heed1357
tentivenessa1382
observancec1390
businessa1398
reasona1398
attendancec1400
resporta1413
curiosityc1430
mindingc1449
reckc1475
respect1509
regardshipa1513
looking unto1525
peradvertencea1529
looking toa1535
solicitudea1535
looking after?1537
solicitudeness1547
care1548
solicitnessc1550
caring1556
heedfulness1561
solicitateness1562
hofulness1566
regard1573
charishness1587
on-waiting1590
heediness1596
take-heed1596
respectiveness1598
observationa1616
solicitousness1636
heeding1678
curiousness1690
solicitation1693
attention1741
craftsmanship1850
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > care or heed [verb (intransitive)]
heedOE
take tenta1300
to take (nim) heed13..
await?c1430
to give, pay heed (to)?1504
to take teen1591
a1300 Cursor Mundi 661 Lok for-þi, þat ȝee tak tent Þat ȝee ne brek mi commament.
c1325 Song of Mercy 8 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 118 Of whuche, to on i toke goode tent.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7025 Þe kyng til hym gaf no tent.
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms lxxvii. 1 Taketh tente, my puple, to my lawe.
1382 J. Wyclif 1 Tim. iv. 1 In the laste tymes summen schulen departe fro the feith, ȝyuynge tent to spiritis of errour.
1388 J. Wyclif Psalms xxxix. [xl.] 1 He ȝaf tent to me.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19514 Þar þe folk wit full assent Til his wordes gaf þair tent.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19464 A child hight saulus..Tok tent to-quils to þair wede.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 4333 To theire schippis hadde thei no teynt.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. I.vi Tak tent that thow sine ma [read na] mair.
a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxxiv. i. 31 in Wks. (1640) III The high Parliament Of Heaven; where Seraphim take tent Of ord'ring all.
1728 A. Ramsay Last Speech Miser in Poems II. xvii I took good tent, That double pawns..Lay in my hands.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 294 ‘This is the way,’ said the little girl; ‘follow me, gin ye please, sir, but tak' tent to your feet.’
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 177 Mind and tak tent on 'em.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose
willeOE
highOE
thoughtOE
intent?c1225
achesounc1230
attenta1250
couragec1320
devicec1320
minda1325
studya1382
understanding1382
suggestionc1390
meaninga1393
i-minda1400
minta1400
tent1399
castc1400
ettlingc1400
affecta1425
advicec1425
intention1430
purposec1430
proposea1450
intendment1450
supposing?c1450
pretensionc1456
intellectionc1460
zeal1492
hest?a1513
minting?a1513
institute?1520
intendingc1525
mindfulness1530
cogitationa1538
fordrift1549
forecast1549
designing1566
tention1587
levela1591
intendiment1595
design1597
suppose1597
aim1598
regarda1616
idea1617
contemplationa1631
speculation1631
view1634
way of thinking1650
designation1658
tend1663
would1753
predetermination1764
will to art1920
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii. 97 Trouthe haþe determyned þe tente to þe ende.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14288 Bot mari was in a-noþer tent [Fairf. entent], Wit hir lauerd to speke sco went.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 18 Þe autours of his tente he tellys.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 126 For ethir-is þouȝt & tent was, othir to begile.
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tentn.3
/tɛnt/ Surgery.† 1. A probe. Also figurative. Obsolete.figurative.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxvv Now to finde a remedy for a mischief and a tent to stop a wounde, the Clergy..agreed to offre..a greate some of money.1672 T. Jordan London Triumphant 15 But yet our wounds have neither tent nor balm, We freeze in Fire, drown in a Calm.† 3. transferred (from the shape or appearance.) Obsolete.† 4. A paste which sets hard, used in setting precious stones: see quot. 1656. Obsolete.[This may be a different word.]
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > probe or sound
tenta1400
probe?a1425
search?a1425
sequere mea1425
searcher?c1425
searching iron1477
prove?1541
privet1598
proof1611
style1631
seeker1658
searching instrument1663
stylet1697
stiletto1699
breast-probe1739
sound1797
sounder1875
tracer1882
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26638 A tent þe wers to hit will reche quen hit rotis for defaute of leche.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 15 Modest doubt is calld..the tent that serches, Too'th bottome of the worst. View more context for this quotation
1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) at Tenta A Chyrurgeons Instrument, called Specillum, the vulgar call it Tenta, a Tent, from trying.
2. A roll or pledget, usually of soft absorbent material, often medicated, or sometimes of a medicinal substance, formerly much used to search and cleanse a wound, or to keep open or distend a wound, sore, or natural orifice.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > plug, pad, or swab
pillowa1400
plumaciola1400
tentc1400
pulvillus?a1425
pledget?1540
spledget1563
penicillus1575
dossil1585
splint1607
plager1656
penicil1657
sindon1657
wick1658
pad1767
tampon1848
tangle-tent1879
Gamgee pad1885
plombe1904
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 34 I heeld þe wounde open aldai wiþ a litil smal tent & a schort.
c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 34 I putte in tuo tentes or þre..in þe larger holes.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. Proheme f. iiiiv Let them be sure in serchyng of the depnes of woundes and fystles, and accordynge to the deepnes to make the tentes.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. cxiii. 407 Hauing cleansed the soare by tying a taint of flaxe or fine linnen cloth.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xvi. 292 A linnen clowt rowled up in the fashion of a great Taynt.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Tent[s] in surgery..are of service [1.] to convey medicines to the most inner recesses..of the wound. 2. To prevent the Lips of the wound from uniting before it is healed at the bottom... Tents whose office is to enlarge..the mouth of any wound, or ulcer..are usually called sponge-tents.
1855 C. A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol., Dental Surg., & Collateral Sci. (ed. 2) 694/2 Sponge Tent, a tent made of prepared sponge.
1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 78 Preparation of sea-tangle tents.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lvi. 730 After these tentes or catkens the leaues begin to showe.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > jeweller's materials
tent1594
using stone1688
Tommy1877
piping1881
1594 H. Plat Jewell House 62 An excellent tent for a Diamond. Bvrne Iuorie in a crusible..into a blacke powder, then take a little..thereof, and mingle it with a few drops of..Oyle of Masticke, and in the setting of the stone you must haue care that it touch not the tent.
1647 R. Stapleton in tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Just as a Pigmey should throw away a diamond bigger then himselfe, only because the tent it stood upon was black.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) Jewellers call that Tent which they put under Table Diamonds when they set them in work, and is made of mastick and turpentine.
Derivatives
tentwise adv.2 in the way of a surgical tent or plug.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [adverb] > plug, pad, or swab
tentwise1639
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xv. 272 A Salve..which must be applyed eyther Plaister-wise, or Taint-wise.
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tentn.4
/tɛnt/ A Spanish wine of a deep red colour, and of low alcoholic content. Also tent wine. (Often used as a sacramental wine.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > Spanish wines > [noun]
Alicantc1500
tent1542
hollock1576
tinto1599
Malaga1608
sherry1608
Peter-see-me1617
arrope1622
steelback1633
Peter1679
mountain wine1700
mountain Malaga1705
mountain1710
benecarlo1734
Pedro Ximenez1801
Algarbe1823
Valdepeñas1832
Rioja1863
Tarragona1888
margarita1903
rosado1956
Albariño1972
Spanish1977
cava1978
Tempranillo1989
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth x. sig. F.ii Also these hote wynes as..caprycke, tynt.
1580 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Dial. Yron in Ioyfull Newes (new ed.) f. 159v Casting wine called Tente, vpon burning yron.
1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 335 Sackes Canareis Malagas Maderais..Teynts and Allacants.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 141 The Vintners make tent (which is a name for all wines in Spain except white) to supply the place of it.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 246 Spanish wines, such as tent and sherry.
1881 Med. Temp. Jrnl. 48 199 Tent..is the least objectionable of intoxicating wines.
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tentn.5
? Obsolete.
A frame on which embroidery or tapestry is kept stretched while making; a stretching frame for various purposes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > frame
stoolc1385
tent1548
frame1728
tambour1780
tambour-frame1781
web frame1845
tabouret1858
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > starching > frame for washing or starching lace
tenta1704
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Tendicula..a nette or snare to take byrdes or beastes in, also a teynter, and a tent that brotherers woorke on.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xxi. 251/2 A long square of wood, made after the maner of an Embrautherers tent to slip up and down.
a1704 Compl. Servant-maid (ed. 7) 62 To wash and starch Points. Take your Points and put them into a Tent, then lay your Tent upon a Table.
1741 Lady Pomfret Lett. (1805) III. 113 The working of the tapestry, which is done in a different manner.., the tent being set edgewise.
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† tentadj.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Attent, watchful; intent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [adjective]
carefulc1050
soignous1340
mindfula1382
tentivec1386
presentc1395
attendant1432
tendable?c1450
advicefulc1454
thoughtyc1480
neara1500
respective1525
heedful1548
heedy1548
prick-eared?1550
attendable1552
attentive1577
tentible1603
observative1609
unpreoccupied1643
advertent1646
presential1652
inspectivea1684
tent1789
attentful-
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 77 Up cam Tam Tell an' Sutor Sam..As tent upo' the aftergame, As hounds loos'd frae a kennel.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 90 Up started Rosy Dougan, As tent as if she had been a puss.
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tentv.1
Now Scottish and northern dialect.† 1. † b. Const. to with infinitive. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To give or pay attention, to ‘take tent’; to attend, give heed, take notice. Const. to, unto, till; = tend v.1 1, 2 Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)]
lookeOE
reckOE
heedOE
turna1200
beseec1200
yeme?c1225
to care forc1230
hearkenc1230
tendc1330
tentc1330
hangc1340
rewarda1382
behold1382
convert1413
advertc1425
lotec1425
resortc1450
advertise1477
mark1526
regard1526
pass1548
anchor1557
eye1592
attend1678
mind1768
face1863
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 91 Þe Kyng was in affray, he might not tent þerto.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 294 Þei tenten neiþer to bodi ne to soule.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19034 Þai..desseli bath late and are War tentand to þe apostels lare.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16910 Armed knightes þar þai left þat to þe tumb suld tent.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3619 His modir tent [Vesp., Gött. tok tent] to ysaac And herde þo wordis þat he spac.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. b I rede ye tent treuly to my teching.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 754/2 I tente to my busynesse, I take hede to the thinges I have in hande.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxviii. 99 Tent to ȝoursellis.
ΚΠ
1357 Lay Folks Catech. (MS. T.) 194 Noght than for to tent to tary with the world, Ne lyue in lykyng ne lust.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21167 [S]ymon zelote..His lauerd al to serue he tent.
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) xxxiii. 159 Onely tentinge to plese god.
c. transitive. To give or pay mental attention to; to attend to, give heed to, take notice of (a person, his words, a matter); cf. tend v.1 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)]
yemec897
understandc1000
beseea1225
heeda1225
bihedec1250
tentc1330
to look into ——c1350
rewardc1350
undertakea1382
considerc1385
recorda1393
behold?a1400
receivea1425
advertc1425
attend1432
advertise?a1439
regard1526
respect1543
eye?c1550
mind1559
panse1559
to take knowledge of1566
to consider of1569
suspect1590
pass1609
matter1652
watch1676
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13630 Þey ne roughte where þey ȝede Ne nought rewarded how [v.r. no tentid not] þey were in drede.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 935 Þay token his as-tyt & tented hit lyttel.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 59 Wyl ȝe tary a lyttel tyme & tent me a whyle.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10237 He blamyt full bitturly þan his blithe qwene, Þat euer he tentit hir tale.
1720 A. Ramsay Patie & Roger 3 Yet tent a Poet's zealous Pray'r.
1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook ix, in Poems (new ed.) 58 Ye're maybe come to stap my breath; But tent me, billie; I red ye weel, tak care o' skaith, See, there's a gully [= big knife]!
2. To attend to the safety and needs of, to take or have charge and care of; to look after, see to, mind, attend to, tend (a person, flock, plant, machine, etc.). Now dialect esp. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)]
hold971
yemeOE
biwitc1000
keepa1325
wait1362
tentc1400
attendc1420
to take guard1426
tend?1521
to have the care of1579
to have, take, give (the) charge of1611
mind1640
to have, take in charge1665
tutor1682
attend1796
shepherda1822
mother1851
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 676 Þis ilke wyȝ þat wendez with oure lorde, For to tent hym with tale & teche hym þe gate.
c1430 Syr Gener. 2832 Felows he had the toure to tent Which were redie at his comaundment.
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 430 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 312 Þe lordys chambur, þo wadrop to, Þo vssher of chambur schalle tent þo two.
1557 in Sharp Cov. Myst. (1825) 73 Payd for tyntyng the yerthe~quake, iiij d.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 126 After that [he] setteth a boy or girle to tente them.
1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 64 When Foxes preach tent weel your Geese.
1728 A. Ramsay There's my Thumb in Tea-table Misc. iii Tenting my flocks lest they should wander.
1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 219 If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it.
1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iv. 125 This ‘plucker’ is generally attended or ‘tented’, to use a factory phrase, by a boy.
1859 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy (ed. 4) 51 I soon got engaged to tent a herd of oxen for the day.
3. To take (ocular) notice of, observe, watch. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch or observe
keepc1000
overseeOE
waitc1300
advisec1325
awaita1375
to wait on ——c1384
markc1400
contemplec1429
to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450
to look straitly to?c1450
to wait after ——c1460
vizy1488
contemplatea1533
vise1551
pry?1553
observe1567
eye1592
over-eye?1592
watch1600
outwatch1607
spell1633
superintend1654
under-watch1654
tent1721
evigilate1727
twig1764
stag1796
eye-serve1800
spy1806
deek1825
screw1905
clock1911
1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 3 Tent how the Calidonians, lang supine, Begin, mair wise, to open baith their een.
1875 W. Walsh Poet. & Pr. Wks. 1 When young you heedless tent the sky.
1894 A. Reid Sangs Heatherland 86 Tent her when she hides her face.
4. To be careful, to beware (with clause). Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [verb (transitive)] > guard against
warea900
to be aware of1095
wardc1230
bihedea1250
to attend fromc1375
counterwaitc1386
to look out for1578
counterguard1583
bewarea1600
mind1700
to guard against1725
tent1737
1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xxxiv. §88 Tent wha ye take by the hand.
1789 A. Steel Shepherd's Wedding (ed. 2) 15 Tent what you say!
5. To take care to prevent or hinder (a person) from doing something. northern dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > from an action, purpose, etc.
warnc888
withseta1330
defendc1330
conclude1382
privea1387
retainc1415
refrain1442
prohibit1483
repel1483
stop1488
sever?1507
discourage1528
seclude?1531
prevent1533
foreclose1536
lock1560
stay1560
disallow1568
intercept1576
to put bya1586
crossa1616
stave1616
prevent1620
secure1623
stave1630
riot1777
tent1781
footer1813
to stop off1891
mozz1941
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Tent, to watch or guard from doing a thing.
1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. (at cited word) He was going into toon but his father tented him.
1868 Accrington Times 16 May (E.D.D.) Tent 'em fro' breyking aot o' th' ranks.
1874 Sheffield Indep. 16 May (E.D.D.) He thinks to come here, but I'll tent him [i.e. take care that he does not].
6. To watch for and scare away (birds); also, to guard (corn, seed, etc.) from birds. northern dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] > scare birds
tent1858
1858 P. J. Bailey Age 73 I'd give you the congenial occupation Of scaring crows, and ‘tenting’ vegetation.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Tent...to scare birds from corn.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Tent is used either of the things watched over, or the things guarded against. ‘Oor Bill's tentin' to'nup-seäd e' th' Beck~boddoms. When I was a lad I spent moäst o' my time tentin' craws an' stock-duvs.’
Derivatives
Also combinations of the verb-stem.
ˈtented adj.
ΚΠ
1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 37 The tempting bait, and tented string, Beguile the cod, the sea-cat, tusk, and ling.
ˈtenting n.2 and adj.
ΚΠ
c1645 I. Tullie Narr. Siege of Carlisle (1840) 14 Daily skirmishes..aboute ye fetching in of Cattell, or ye tenting ym in their places of pastures.
tenting-lad n. dialect a lad or boy employed to watch the crops and scare birds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > driving away birds > bird-scarer
crow-keeper1562
field keeper1620
bird-boy1786
crow-herd1805
bird-minder1828
crow-minder1837
rook-boy1856
crow-boy1868
tenting-lad1877
tent-boy1888
tending boy1898
scarer1930
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Tenter, Tenting-lad, a boy who scares birds from corn.
tent-boy n. = tenting-lad n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > driving away birds > bird-scarer
crow-keeper1562
field keeper1620
bird-boy1786
crow-herd1805
bird-minder1828
crow-minder1837
rook-boy1856
crow-boy1868
tenting-lad1877
tent-boy1888
tending boy1898
scarer1930
1888 L. Wilson in J. Brown Lit. Laureat. (1890) 63 Here seated in his rustic grace, The ‘tent’ boy blew his horn.
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† tentv.2
Obsolete.
= tempt v.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (intransitive)] > tempt
tenta1250
suggesta1616
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > tempt
afondOE
fandOE
assailc1225
temptc1230
tenta1250
attempta1513
assay1532
assaulta1535
attack1655
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 103 Ure louerd hwon he iþoleð ðet we beoð itented [?c1225 Cleo. ifonded; c1230 Corpus itemptet] he pleieð mid us.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 101 Nu an oþer elne ouh muchel urouren ou hwon ȝe beoð itented [?c1225 Cleo. ifonded; c1230 Corpus itemptet]... God..is treowe. nul he neuer þolien ðet te deouel tempti us ouer ðet he i sihð wel þet we muwen iþolien.
1547 S. Gardiner Let. 6 June in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) iv. 738/1 I know your grace only tenteth me with such reosones.
Derivatives
ΚΠ
c1440 York Myst. xxviii. 243 Euelle spiritis is neghand full nere, That will ȝou tarie at þis tyme with his tentyng.
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† tentv.3
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To stretch (cloth) on tenters: = tenter v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > stretch > on tenters
tent1377
tenter1437
set1473
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 447 Cloth..is nouȝt comly to were Tyl it is fulled vnder fote..Ytouked, and ytented [v.r. y-teynted] & vnder tailloures hande.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 489/1 Tente clothe, extendo, lacinio.
2. (?) To embroider in a tent or frame.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing > with frame
tent1507
tambour1774
1507 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 79 Payit to the broud~star for half ane hank gold threid for tenting, and gret papir for the Kingis doublat.
Derivatives
ΚΠ
1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 501/1 Brode clote..after almanere rakkyng streynyng or teyntyng therof.
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tentv.4
/tɛnt/ archaic.
†(a) transitive. To probe. Obsolete. (b) To treat by means of a tent; to apply a tent to (a wound, etc., also to a person); to distend or plug with a tent. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > examine medically [verb (transitive)] > by touch > probe
seeka1300
search?a1425
sound1598
tent1598
probe1656
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > stop haemorrhage [verb (transitive)] > by tampon or tent
tent1598
tampon1860
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 51/2 Ether in tenting of the wounde, by inscisione, by cauterisation.
1612 J. Webster White Divel v. ii Search my wound deeper; tent it with the steel That made it.
1639 J. Shirley Maides Revenge iii. sig. Gv I have a sword dares tent A wound as farre as any.
1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice iv. 43 Yes, if you noint it presently with a good dish o' Jelly-broth, and Tent it with a bone o' Roast-beef.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 172 Methinks I can tent this wound, and treat it with emollients.
Derivatives
ˈtenting n.5
ΚΠ
1695 W. W. Novum Lumen Chirurgicum Extinctum 32 Stitched them up..for fear they should have been kept open by tenting.
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† tentv.5
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. Law. To offer, proffer: = tend v.2 5, tender v.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)]
i-bedea800
bidOE
make?a1160
forthc1200
bihedec1275
proffera1325
yielda1382
dressc1384
to serve fortha1393
dight1393
pretend1398
nurnc1400
offerc1425
profita1450
tent1459
tend1475
exhibit1490
propine1512
presentc1515
oblate1548
pretence1548
defer?1551
to hold forth1560
prefer1567
delatea1575
to give forth1584
tender1587
oppose1598
to hold out1611
shore1787
1459 Rolls of Parl. V. 371/1 An enquest takyn aforne his Eschetour..the which Offices John Fastolf Knyght, and othir, tentid to traverse, and by that meane hadd the said Manere.
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 18 §24 All Traverses peticions monstrance de droit..to be tentyd or sued by eny persone or persones.
2. intransitive. To direct itself, be directed (to some end); = tend v.2 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (intransitive)] > be directed towards (in thought or purpose)
wendOE
tent1551
terminate1587
bend1645
1551 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Mark in Paraphr. New Test. xii. 184 This deceiptful propheme tented [1548 tended] to this end, that if he had geuen sentence for the phariseis, then should he haue bene accused of the Herodians for an authour of rebellion, or insurreccion agaynst the Emperour.
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tentv.6
/tɛnt/ 1.
a. intransitive. To abide or live in a tent; to encamp; spec. of travelling circus folk. Also to tent it.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > camp or encamp [verb (intransitive)]
wickc897
lodge13..
telda1325
pitch1535
camp1611
to set downa1616
decamp1698
encamp1725
to camp out1748
outspan1801
tent1856
laager1879
tarpaulin1891
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxvii. 357 We will be gone for some days probably, tenting it in the open air.
1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands 154 Our travellers tented on a small level sward just outside the Convent-gates.
1875 T. Frost Circus Life xvii. 292 During the summer months they ‘tented’, and in the winter erected temporary wooden buildings in populous towns.
1881 E. H. Hunt Children at Jerusalem 189 Do you think we shall ever go tenting again, mother?
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 703/2 The river crew is tenting out and clearing the stream.
1931 S. McKechnie Pop. Entertainments viii. 209 The circus..was purchased by Frederick and Edward, who tented in the summer and spent the winter in..towns.
1952 N. Streatfeild Aunt Clara 111 They had been tenting with their mother.
b. figurative. To dwell temporarily; to sojourn, to tabernacle; to have one's abode; of a thing: to have its seat, ‘reside’.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)]
liec1000
harbourc1200
sojournc1290
layc1300
sojourc1330
to make, take (up) one's lodging1362
pilgrimagea1382
bield?a1400
lodgec1400
tarryc1400
to make (one's) residence1433
harbingec1475
harbry1513
stay1554
roost?1555
embower1591
quarter1591
leaguer1596
allodge1601
tenta1616
visit1626
billet1628
to lie abroad1650
tabernacle1653
sojourney1657
canton1697
stop1797
to shake down1858
to hole up1875
perendinate1886
shack1935
cotch1950
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. ii. 116 The smiles of Knaues Tent in my cheekes, and Schoole-boyes Teares take vp The Glasses of my sight. View more context for this quotation
1751 R. Shirra in Rem. (1850) 52 He tented or tabernacled in flesh among us.
1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xxii. 305 The Word came and dwelt (or lit. ‘tented’) among us.
1893 E. G. Hirsch in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1304 Wherever man may tent, there also will curve upward the burning incense of his sacrifice.
2. transitive. To cover or canopy as with a tent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > overhang [verb (transitive)] > like a roof, tent, penthouse, etc.
over-canopy1593
incanopy1607
roof1615
penthouse1637
cope1705
nave1820
overroofa1828
tent1838
1838 E. B. Barrett Seraphim & Other Poems ii. 604 The heavy darkness which doth tent the sky Floats backward as by a sudden wind.
1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. I. xx. 410 A garden flanked by colonnades and covered passages had been tented in.
3. To accommodate, put up, or lodge in tents. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > in camp or tent
lodge?c1225
park1531
campc1550
tent1863
1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis II. 81 Powers we can neither summon nor dismiss, are camped upon the brain and tented in the veins of men.
1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 481 The men should be tented, the tents should be well ventilated.
1882 G. F. Armstrong Orithyia in Garland from Greece 8 I have tented the nymphs of the rills in pavilions of frozen spray.
1898 Daily News 9 Mar. 3/2 All officers are tented in the same manner as the men.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)]
teldc725
slayc1000
to set upc1275
pitchc1325
allodgec1330
wickc1330
streeka1340
till1362
stretch1382
pick?a1400
tent1553
stenda1600
to strike up1755
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados viii. x. 23 That from the top of the hillys hyght The army all thai mycht se at a sight With tentis tentit [(ed. Small) stentit] strekand to the plane.
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. ii. 6 By good fires they sleepe as well and quietly, (having their mayne sayle tented at their backes, to shelter them from the winde) as if they were at home.
5. To arrange in a shape suggesting a tent; esp., with the fingers as object, = steeple v. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (transitive)] > arms or hands > specific hand
clutch1609
span1676
unweave1863
outfinger1880
strain1888
tent1966
steeple1968
1966 D. Bagley Wyatt's Hurricane ii. 60 He tented his fingers and regarded Wyatt closely.
1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See xi. 182 She herself sat on the sofa..pulling her legs up under her Indian-fashion, the caftan tented over her knees.
1980 TWA Ambassador Oct. 57/2 Gatmun tented the fat sausages of his fingers.
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adj.1789v.1c1330v.2a1250v.31377v.41598v.51459v.61553- derivage
- derival
- derivant
- derivate
- derivately
- derivates
- derivation
- derivational
- derivationally
- derivationist
- derivationists
- derivations
- derivatist
- derivative
- derivative action
- derivatively
- derivativeness
- derivativenesses
- derivatives
- derivatization
- derivatizations
- derivatize
- derivatized
- derivatizes
- derivatizing