tentage
Americannoun
noun
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tents collectively
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a supply of tents or tenting equipment
Etymology
Origin of tentage
Example Sentences
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Whatever the Paleolithic sense of cosmos may have been, it's safe to say that they had well-made objects for everyday utility: clothes, tentage, tools.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2013
To St. Louis swelterers for seven summers Aloe Plaza has offered no refreshment beyond the discouraged tentage of a few trees.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 13th Infantry did not get tentage until the 5th of August.
From History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition by John H. (John Henry) Parker
That was what won the fight; but it made hungry men, and it caused men to sleep on the wet ground under the open sky, without blankets or tentage.
From History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition by John H. (John Henry) Parker
The minimum allowance of tentage and baggage as prescribed in General Orders 54, A.G.O., current series, will be taken.
From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Murat Halstead
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