tentage

American  

[ten-tij] / ˈtɛn tɪdʒ /

noun

1. tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.

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tentage British  

/ ˈtɛntɪdʒ /

noun

1. tents collectively

2. a supply of tents or tenting equipment

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Etymology

Origin of tentage

First recorded in 1595–1605; tent ¹ + -age

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Example Sentences

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tentage

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

We travelled light, with no tentage, and when it rained at night we curled up in our bedding under our slickers.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt

Endorsements thereon by the chief quartermaster of the 5th Corps as late as the 5th of August show that there was no available tentage for issue.

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

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