Definition of Tent. Meaning of Tent. Synonyms of Tent
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Definition of Tent
Tent Tent Tent, n. [Sp. tinto, properly, deep-colored, fr. L.
tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye. See Tinge, and cf.
Tint, Tinto.]
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or
Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
Tent Tent Tent, v. t.
To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell.
Tent Tent Tent, n. [F. tente. See Tent to probe.] (Surg.)
(a) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical
piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to
dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a
wound, or to absorb discharges.
(b) A probe for searching a wound.
The tent that searches To the bottom of the worst.
--Shak.
Tent Tent Tent, n. [OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere,
tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll
of lint.]
1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas,
or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, --
used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially
soldiers in camp.
Within his tent, large as is a barn. --Chaucer.
2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
canopy.
Tent caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large
silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of
the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most
common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth
(Clisiocampa Americana). Called also lackery
caterpillar, and webworm.
