wall tent

noun

a tent having four perpendicular sides, usually larger and with more headroom than most pyramid-shaped tents.

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

You will take one wall tent for the officers, Captain, and the men will each carry their half of a shelter tent.

Fig. 309 shows some of the ordinary forms of tents, the wall tent, the Baker tent and the canoe tent.

One of the company lingered behind to see what manner of people these were who were so comfortably camped out in a wall-tent.

I once camped for a week in a wall tent, with a Philadelphia party, and in cold weather.

We had a wall tent which we used for an office when in a permanent camp, furnished with two small field desks and a folding table.

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