† tentoryn.
Obsolete.
A tent; the awning of a tent.
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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
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 7109 Wher þe kyng sat in his tentorie.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. 2515 For lak of socour Þe Grekis wern eche in his tentorie Of Troylus slayn.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1775) iv. viii. 615 The women..who are said [2 Kings xxiii. 7] to weave hangings and curtains for the grove, were no other then makers of tentories, to spread from tree to tree.
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