tented

[ten-tid]

adjective

1. covered with or living in a tent or tents.

2. shaped like a tent.

Other Word Forms

• half-tented adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tented¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; tent ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Facility administrators built a tented area outside the main building to process arriving detainees, but it wasn’t enough to alleviate the overcrowding, Louisdor said.

From Los Angeles Times

The latest series of Israeli strikes killed at least 37 people, the majority of them displaced civilians living in a tented camp, according to Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency.

From BBC

Many remain there, living in a tented encampment but with little in way of supplies.

From Los Angeles Times

SAN YSIDRO, California — When the humanitarian aid workers decided to dismantle their elaborate tented setup — erected right up against the border wall — they hadn’t seen migrants for a month.

From Los Angeles Times

Soon after the brother arrived from the tented refugee camp of al-Mawasi, also in southern Gaza.

From BBC