bell tent
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
These were removed to the mouth of the cave, and after them the other things and the food; also a bell tent and some camp furniture that we had brought from the ship.
From When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot by Haggard, Henry Rider
He cast his sharp glance over towards the bell tent.
From Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Schreiner, Olive
The double canvas bell tent with air space in between the two parts does very well, in both keeping heat and cold off.
From With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service by Burne, C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate)
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