pup tent

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pup tent

(Military) another name for shelter tent

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shel′ter tent`

a small military tent for two persons.

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Noun

pup tent - a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows

shelter tent

collapsible shelter, 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"

Translations

piccola tenda

pup tent

n (US Mil) → Zweimannzelt nt

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