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Definition of Shelter tent
1. Noun. A wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows.
Definition of Shelter tent
1. Noun. a small wedge-shaped tent made by folding two waterproof sheets of material together ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shelter Tent
Literary usage of Shelter tent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"The shelter tent is formed of three rectangular sections, ... During the last
years of the civil war the shelter tent was used almost exclusively. ..."
2. Manual of Military Hygiene for the Military Services of the United States by Valery Havard (1914)
"FIG. 182.— Shelter-tent half. Dismounted troops. shelter tent. ... In Great
Britain, the shelter tent is still looked upon as an unnecessary luxury. ..."
3. A Complete Handbook for the Hospital Corps of the U.S. Army and Navy and by Charles Field Mason (1912)
"The double shelter tent is formed by buttoning together the square of two single
tents. Two complete tents, except one pole, are used. o guy ropes are used ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The shelter tent is formed of three rectangular sections, ... During the last
years of the civil war the shelter tent was used almost exclusively. ..."
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