bell tent
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And, more recently, a roundabout in Darlington, where he lived undisturbed in a bell tent surrounded by hedges for 10 months.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2020
The property has been in her family for five generations, since 1884; she and her husband, Albrecht Köhler, thought to put it on Hipcamp after returning from Burning Man with an extra canvas bell tent.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
Cunningham was more than a little bit astonished, on the day he joined, in camp, a long way from Peshawur, to find his friend Mahommed Gunga, seated in a bell tent with the Brigadier.
From Rung Ho! by Talbot Mundy
Instead of having a bed to sleep on, the unfortunate “detail” found himself condemned to the floor boards of a bell tent, with a very meagre allowance of well-worn blankets.
From A Padre in France by George A. Birmingham
It consisted of a marquee and a large bell tent.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
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