tentingn.¹

/ˈtɛntɪŋ/

Etymology: < tent v.⁶ + -ing suffix¹.

1. 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 attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [noun]

camping1572

tenting1858

camp1865

laagering1894

1858 Macduff Bow in Cloud (1870) 32 Tenting-time here—resting-time yonder.

1861 All 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.

1870 Standard 14 Dec. They were in excellent marching trim, carryed neither knapsack nor tenting equipage.

1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xiii. 234 A little plain.., a lovely tenting spot.

1878 L. M. Alcott Under Lilacs iv. 40 Father..went off sudden..just before the tentin' season was over.

1883 A. 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.

1931 S. 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.

1952 N. Streatfeild Aunt Clara 114 We have a little time when tenting is finished.

1971 Esquire 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.

2. [ < tent n.¹; compare bedding n., sacking n.³] Material for tents.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > other

carde1410

bench1552

screen cloth1603

napkining1604

serveting1611

morellaa1666

beaufort1712

sheveret1716

press cloth1745

bandaging1819

wicking1847

tilting1862

sailcloth1873

tenting1887

dustering1910

Milium1950

underwire1973

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > material of tents

curtain1382

tenting1887

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 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.

1936 Discovery Dec. 381/1 The second assistant had been carried down the rapids on the tenting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

tentingadj.

Etymology: < tent n.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtenting.

1. Resembling a tent; converging as the sides of a tent.

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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top

copped1460

mitreda1547

coppled1600

coped1611

fastigiated1647

cop-crowned1650

copped-crowned1650

copple-crowned1699

fastigiatea1705

tenting1818

tectiform1834

pedimented1875

pedimental1890

1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 72 Coverlids..Not hiding up an Apollonian curve Of neck and shoulder, nor the tenting swerve Of knee from knee, nor ankles pointing light.

1932 S. O'Faoláin Midsummer Night Madness 26 The tenting chestnuts filled the lanes with darkness.

2. Of a circus: that tents (tent v.⁶ 1a).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [adjective]

hippodramatic1811

hippodromic1834

hippodromatic1848

tenting1875

circussy1876

1875 T. 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.

1931 S. McKechnie Pop. Entertainments viii. 206 The early tenting circuses were unpretentious concerns.

1981 P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman i. 18 He..owned half a small tenting circus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	tenting
释义	tentingn.¹ /ˈtɛntɪŋ/ Etymology: < tent v.⁶ + -ing suffix¹. 1. 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 attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [noun] camping1572 tenting1858 camp1865 laagering1894 1858 Macduff Bow in Cloud (1870) 32 Tenting-time here—resting-time yonder. 1861 All 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. 1870 Standard 14 Dec. They were in excellent marching trim, carryed neither knapsack nor tenting equipage. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xiii. 234 A little plain.., a lovely tenting spot. 1878 L. M. Alcott Under Lilacs iv. 40 Father..went off sudden..just before the tentin' season was over. 1883 A. 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. 1931 S. 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. 1952 N. Streatfeild Aunt Clara 114 We have a little time when tenting is finished. 1971 Esquire 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. 2. [ < tent n.¹; compare bedding n., sacking n.³] Material for tents. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > other carde1410 bench1552 screen cloth1603 napkining1604 serveting1611 morellaa1666 beaufort1712 sheveret1716 press cloth1745 bandaging1819 wicking1847 tilting1862 sailcloth1873 tenting1887 dustering1910 Milium1950 underwire1973 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > material of tents curtain1382 tenting1887 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 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. 1936 Discovery Dec. 381/1 The second assistant had been carried down the rapids on the tenting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2020). tentingadj. Etymology: < tent n.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtenting. 1. Resembling a tent; converging as the sides of a tent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top copped1460 mitreda1547 coppled1600 coped1611 fastigiated1647 cop-crowned1650 copped-crowned1650 copple-crowned1699 fastigiatea1705 tenting1818 tectiform1834 pedimented1875 pedimental1890 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 72 Coverlids..Not hiding up an Apollonian curve Of neck and shoulder, nor the tenting swerve Of knee from knee, nor ankles pointing light. 1932 S. O'Faoláin Midsummer Night Madness 26 The tenting chestnuts filled the lanes with darkness. 2. Of a circus: that tents (tent v.⁶ 1a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [adjective] hippodramatic1811 hippodromic1834 hippodromatic1848 tenting1875 circussy1876 1875 T. 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. 1931 S. McKechnie Pop. Entertainments viii. 206 The early tenting circuses were unpretentious concerns. 1981 P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman i. 18 He..owned half a small tenting circus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2020). > as lemmas ˈtenting ˈtenting n.² and adj. ΚΠ c1645 I. Tullie Narr. Siege of Carlisle (1840) 14 Daily skirmishes..aboute y^e fetching in of Cattell, or y^e tenting y^m in their places of pastures. extracted from tentv.¹ tenting † tenting n.³ Obsolete ΚΠ c1440 York Myst. xxviii. 243 Euelle spiritis is neghand full nere, That will ȝou tarie at þis tyme with his tentyng. extracted from † tentv.² tenting † tenting n.⁴ Obsolete ΚΠ 1463–4 Rolls of Parl. V. 501/1 Brode clote..after almanere rakkyng streynyng or teyntyng therof. extracted from † tentv.³ ˈtenting 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. extracted from tentv.⁴ < n.¹1858adj.1818 as lemmas
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