shelter tent

shelter tent
noun
a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows
• Syn: ↑pup tent
• Hypernyms: ↑tent, ↑collapsible shelter

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noun
1. : a small tent usually composed of two or more pieces of waterproof cotton duck fixed for buttoning or tying with accessory cords and poles and in military service divided into usually interchangeable parts some of which will be carried by each soldier as part of his field equipment
2. : a tent erected with two poles and a ridge rope with the roof sloping to the rear only often with a perpendicular drop, the sides perpendicular, and the front closed by a hanging flap that can be raised as an awning

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a small, two-person, military tent consisting of two halves (shelter halves) buttoned or tied together, held up by accessory ropes and poles. Also called pup tent.
[1860-65, Amer.]

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shelter tent noun
(in the US Army) a tent for two men
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Main Entry: ↑shelter

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shelter tent,
a small tent, usually made of pieces of waterproof cloth that fasten together.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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