Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. · The representation of a tent used as a bearing. · A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church. · A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
To go camping. · To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven. · To form into a tent-like shape. · Synonym of fumigate.
From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).
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