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bell tent

British  

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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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

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

From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

He cast his sharp glance over towards the bell tent.

From Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Schreiner, Olive

It took men and boys an hour to set the big bell tent.

From Through stained glass by Chamberlain, George Agnew

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