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bell tent

noun

  1. a cone-shaped tent having a single central supporting pole

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He remained at the festival site, where he has a four-metre bell tent.

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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.

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An old barn, which serves as a backdrop for weddings and retreats, leaned into the landscape; three canvas bell tents stood like plump meringues against the hills.

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If you don’t have your own tent, bell tents are available to hire, or you can rent Keepers Cottage,which belonged to the owner’s grandfather, has a woodburner and wonderful views over the hills.

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The men are to be packed twenty in a bell tent, and twelve officers are to have the same accommodation.

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