Definition of Pup tent

1. Noun. A wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows.

Exact synonyms: Shelter Tent
Generic synonyms: Collapsible Shelter, Tent

Definition of Pup tent

1. Noun. a shelter tent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pup Tent

punters
punties
puntilla
puntillas
punting
punto
puntos
punts
puntsman
puntsmen
punty
punx
puny
punyism
pup
pup tent (current term)
pupa
pupadom
pupae
pupal
pupaphobia
puparia
puparial
puparium
pupas
pupate
pupated
pupates
pupating
pupation

Literary usage of Pup tent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Corporal Si Klegg and His "pard". by Wilbur F. Hinman (1887)
"It was immediately christened the "pup" tent, and1 till the end of the war ... Often the THE "PUP" TENT. ridicule conveyed by this name was intensified by ..."

2. The Fourteenth Ohio National Guard--: The Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Charles E. Creager (1899)
"... Trip Through Kentucky—Receptions Along the Line— Up the Alleghenies—Peep at Piedmont Valley—"On to Richmond"—At Newport News—A "pup tent" ..."

3. The Ninety-first, the First at Camp Lewis by Alice Palmer Henderson (1918)
"Now a pup-tent is so called because it is just about the size and shape of a dog-kennel, and two men occupy it. If this recruit could lie on both sides of ..."

4. New Words Self-defined by Charles Alphonso Smith (1919)
"pup tent The pup tent, as most know, is the little dog-kennel- like tent formed by buttoning together the ... When one crawls into a little pup tent at six ..."

5. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the by William Arnold] [Spicer (1892)
"... the '.pup' tent,, and henceforward to the close of the war, the 'pup' tent became the only protection of our armies from the sun and storm." Lieut. ..."

6. Roving and Fighting: Adventures Under Four Flags by Edward S. O'Reilly (1918)
"That night I was introduced to the "pup" tent. ... The "pup" tent is designed for economy of space, and that is the only purpose it fulfils. ..."

7. Roving and Fighting: Adventures Under Four Flags by Edward S. O'Reilly (1918)
"That night I was introduced to the "pup" tent. ... The "pup" tent is designed for economy of space, and that is the only purpose it fulfils. ..."

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