tent (redirected from Tent pegging)

tent 1  (tnt) n. 1. A portable shelter, as of canvas, stretched over a supporting framework of poles with ropes and pegs. 2. Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline: "her hair a dark tent, her face a thin triangle" Anne Tyler. v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents v.intr. To camp in a tent. v.tr. 1. To form a tent over. 2. To supply with or put up in tents. [Middle English, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tendita, from feminine past participle of Latin tendere, to stretch out; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

tent1 top to bottom: A-frame, pop, and umbrella tents

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tent ²  (tnt)

n.

A small cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.

tr.v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents

To keep (a wound or orifice) open with such a plug.

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[Middle English tente, from Old French, from tenter, to probe, from Latin tentre, to feel, try; see tentative.]

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tent

Noun

1. a portable shelter made of canvas or other fabric supported on poles, stretched out, and fastened to the ground by pegs and ropes

2. See oxygen tent [Old French tente]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tent - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek" collapsible shelter backpacking tent, pack tent - a tent that can be carried in a backpack bell tent - a bell-shaped tent cabana - a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool canvas tent, canvass, canvas - a tent made of canvas fabric cottage tent - a tent providing shelter for a family fly tent - a tent with a fly front guy cable, guy rope, guy wire, guy - a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) lean-to tent - tent that is attached to the side of a building mountain tent - a lightweight tent with a floor; flaps close with a zipper marquee, pavilion - large and often sumptuous tent pop tent - a small tent that is easy to carry and quick to set up praetorium, pretorium - the tent of an ancient Roman general pup tent, shelter tent - a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows pyramidal tent - a large tent shaped like a pyramid; can hold half a dozen people shelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger teepee, tepee, tipi - a Native American tent; usually of conical shape sealskin tent, tupek, tupik - tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling two-man tent - a tent designed for occupancy by two persons umbrella tent - a small tent with a single supporting pole and radiating metal ribs
	2.	tent - a web that resembles a tent or carpet web - an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
Verb	1.	tent - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"

Translations

tent [tɛnt] n → tienda (de campaña), carpa (LAM)

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tent [tɛnt] n → tente f

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tent [tɛnt] n → Zelt nt

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tent [tɛnt] n → tenda