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tent fly
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tent fly1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences
Officers should be content with a tent fly, improvising poles and shelter out of bushes.
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Found the room well filled, a large stage erected, an old tent-fly for curtain, red horse blankets for scenery.
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Back of our tents is our dining-table, made of planks split from the spruce, and sheltered with a tent fly.
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Put the spindle in the end of each pole through the holes in the ridge pole, and the eyelets in the tent and tent fly ridge.
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A large tent fly was erected over the tables to provide shade and keep out rain, if any should come.
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