Definition of Tenting

1. Noun. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp.

Exact synonyms: Bivouacking, Camping, Encampment
Generic synonyms: Habitation, Inhabitancy, Inhabitation
Derivative terms: Camp, Encamp, Tent

Definition of Tenting

1. Verb. (present participle of tent) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tenting

1. tent [v] - See also: tent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenting

tenth cranial nerve
tenth grade
tenth grades
tenth part
tenthly
tenthmetre
tenthredinides
tenths
tentie
tentier
tentiest
tentifly
tentiginous
tentigo
tentigos
tenting (current term)
tentings
tentless
tentlike
tentmaker
tentmakers
tentoria
tentorial
tentorial angle
tentorial nerve
tentorial notch
tentorial sinus
tentorial surface
tentories
tentorium

Literary usage of Tenting

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

1. Poetry of the People: Comprising Poems Illustrative of the History and by Charles Mills Gayley, Martin Charles Flaherty (1903)
"tenting to-night, tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp ground. We 've been tenting to-night on the old camp ground, Thinking of days gone by ..."

2. Poetry of the People: Comprising Poems Illustrative of the History and by Charles Mills Gayley, Martin Charles Flaherty (1903)
"tenting to-night, tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp ground. We 've been tenting to-night on the old camp ground, Thinking of days gone by, ..."

3. Poetry of the People: Comprising Poems Illustrative of the History and by Charles Mills Gayley, Martin Charles Flaherty (1903)
"tenting to-night, tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp ground. We Ve been tenting to-night on the old camp ground, Thinking of days gone by, ..."

4. The Abridged Academy Song-book: For Use in Schools and Colleges by Charles Herbert Levermore (1918)
"... Last time.ppp tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp ground. Dy-ing to-night, (Omit.) Dy-ing on the old camp ground. ..."

5. A Textbook on Gas, Oil, and Air Engines: Or, Internal Combustion Motors by Bryan Donkin (1894)
"Electric ignition was used at first in the tenting engine. The negative wire was joined to any part of the engine, and contact was established between it ..."

6. A Textbook on Gas, Oil, and Air Engines: Or, Internal Combustion Motors by Bryan Donkin (1894)
"The tenting, made by MM. Salomon and tenting, at Paris, is a horizontal single-cylinder ... Electric ignition was used at first in the tenting engine. ..."

7. Historical Readings: An Introduction to the Study of American History by Helen Blanche Bennett, Joseph A. Haniphy (1920)
"tenting to-night, tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp ground. We've been tenting to-night on ..."

8. The Abridged Academy Song-book: For Use in Schools and Colleges by Charles Herbert Levermore (1898)
"*-p-*f~:—*ir—*r &—p ^*- i^ [ U [ VVVV \ \ \ v \ | i/1 l I | tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp ground. Dy-ing to-night,(Omit. ..."

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