tentedadj.
/ˈtɛntɪd/ 1.
a. Of a place: Covered with or full of tents.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [adjective] > covered or furnished with tents
tenteda1616
boothed1870
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 85 These armes of mine..haue vs'd Their dearest action in the tented field. View more context for this quotation
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 584 Fast by the deep, Along the tented shore.
1773 Wheeler in Gentleman's Mag. 43 343/1 On Poictou's tented plains by valour won.
1832 H. W. Longfellow Coplas de Manrique lx In tented field and bloody fray.
b. Of an encampment: consisting of tents.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [adjective] > consisting of tents
tented1872
1872 Rep. Indian Affairs 1871 (U.S.) 261 Urah..had collected some of the chiefs and headmen of the tribe to receive me in their tented camp.
1955 Times 25 May 13/5 The cost of their fares..and their five months' stay in a tented camp in Cyprus will be about £300 each.
1982 Listener 23 and 30 Dec. 4/1 On a gentle rise..there is the tented city for the RAF Phantom and Harrier squadrons.
2.
a. Formed or shaped like a tent or pavilion; made into a tent-like structure.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective] > like a roof, tent, etc.
tented1747
spanning1823
overroofing1837
awninga1839
1747 W. Collins Odes 15 He, who call'd with Thought to Birth Yon tented Sky, this laughing Earth.
1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders III. 142 Weapons..were scattered about the tented apartment, or disposed upon the pillars which supported it.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 215 High as the tented mountains of the earth.
b. Having the wings when at rest meeting in a ridge over the back.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > of particular kind
long-winged1566
spur-winged1668
tented1849
scissor-winged1894
1849 A. Helps Friends in Council ii. 187 The tented moth said suddenly to me with a clear crisp voice.
3.
a. Of persons: Lodged in, or furnished with, a tent or tents. Also figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [adjective]
campinga1616
tented1811
1811 W. Wordsworth Epist. to Sir G. H. Beaumont 100 Wastes where now the tented Arabs dwell.
1902 E. Arnold Nativity in Delineator Dec. 575 Grander than stricken fields and tented armies.
b. Of activities, etc.: held in or taking place in a tent or tents.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [adjective] > taking place in tents
tented1898
1898 N. E. Jones Squirrel Hunters of Ohio 131 Protracted, tented, or camp-meetings increased,..becoming very popular with preachers and people.
1971 Morning Star 22 June 2/5 The percentage of people taking tented holidays in Britain has gone up by 50 per cent since 1965.
1976 J. Wainwright Bastard iii. 48 A circus was visiting a neighbouring town. One of the hand-to-mouth, tented circuses.
1976 Time 20 Dec. 31/1 Circus Vargas, billed as the world's largest tented show.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 37 The tempting bait, and tented string, Beguile the cod, the sea-cat, tusk, and ling.
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