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
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 Parker, John H. (John Henry)
They toiled constantly until they had every wounded officer and man supplied with tentage, cots, blankets, and clean clothes.
From The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles by Reidy, John J.
He was, however, of the opinion that the trip down the cañon could be made without special difficulty by a party suitably provided with food and tentage.
From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Worcester, Dean C.
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