tent1
n.
a portable shelter made of fabric, supported by one or more poles and stretched tight by cords attached to pegs driven into the ground.
v.
- cover with or as if with a tent.
▸arrange in a tent-like shape.
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[as adj. tented]
composed of or provided with tents.
- live in a tent.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. tente, based on L. tent-, tendere ‘to stretch’.
tent2
n.
a deep red sweet wine chiefly from Spain, used especially as sacramental wine.
Etymology
ME: from Sp. tinto ‘deep-coloured’, from L. tinctus ‘dyed, stained’, from tingere.
tent3
n.
Surgery a piece of absorbent material inserted into an opening to keep it open or widen it gradually.
Etymology
ME (also denoting a probe): from OFr. tente, from tenter ‘to probe’, from L. temptare ‘handle, try’.