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tent 1

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Searchable Lemmata: tenta (L), tente (AF), tente (ME), tent (MdE).
Alternate Forms: teinte, tents, tentes, tenttes.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Furnishing; temporary shelter made of canvas stretched on poles, used for various purposes (as shelter; in a military encampment; as part of a hosted tournament, etc.); a pavillion; awning, canopy, etc.; also (fig.) a dwelling place. In one use cited by Latham for c1236, tentorium = 'sleeve' (attestation not provided).(ante 1100 still in current use)
1. [4.2431] ... Jadahel ... Ferst made Net and fisshes tok ... A tente of cloth with corde and stake He sette up ferst and dede it make ... [4.2437] ... The craft Minerve of wolle fond And made cloth ... And Delbora made it of lyn [MED Gower CA ((Frf 3) 4.2431-7) ante 1393]
2. Was pi3t vp a pauyloun proud for þe nones, And ten þousand of tentis teldit beside Poetic, Vision. (work: a1376) [MED PPl.A(1) ((Trin-C R.3.14) 2.42) circa 1400]
3. Saladyn ... Lay logged with many a man, With many a tente and pauyloun, To kepe Nazares toun Heroic, Historic. [MED Rich. ((b-version:Brunner) 264/43) ante 1400/1500]
4. [152/27] ... Þeise solempne festes ben made withouten in hales & tentes made of clothes of gold ... [153/14] ... The secounde thousand is all clothed in clothes dyapred [F diapres] of red selk all wrought with gold & the orfrayes [F orfrais] sett full of gret perl and precious stones(dating uncertain; work: c1400) [MED Mandev.(1) ((Tit C.16) 152/27-153/14-15) ante 1425]
AF, L, ME, MdE, OScots; Primarily N/A.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Old French and Medieval L. Latham records the following forms in British/Irish L texts: tenta (1093, 1253, c1362), tenda (a1142), tentorium (meaning 'sleeve', c1298), tendura ('material for awnings [naut.]', 1225, 1234) [s.v. '1 tent/a', p. 480].
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