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Shelter tent   /ʃˈɛltər tɛnt/   Listen
noun
Shelter  n.  
1.
That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. "The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade."
2.
One who protects; a guardian; a defender. "Thou (God) hast been a shelter for me."
3.
The state of being covered and protected; protection; security. "Who into shelter takes their tender bloom."
Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces.
Synonyms: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Shelter tent" Quotes from Famous Books



... and as the fact that the white soldiers were near at hand added to the fanatical hatred of the emirs and tribesmen, Fatma sent a message by a slave to Gregory, warning him not to show himself outside the little shelter tent, composed of a single blanket, in which ...
— With Kitchener in the Soudan - A Story of Atbara and Omdurman • G. A. Henty
... evening it was raining, so a fire had been built outside of Bob's shelter tent. The boys were leaning back inside, all the more comfortable because of the dreary conditions outside. In spite of the rain, the birch logs burned brightly though accompanied by hissing, as big drops of rain came down now and ...
— Bob Hunt in Canada • George W. Orton


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