[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tent \tent\, n. oe. tente, f. tente, ll. tenta, fr. l. tendere,
   tentum, to stretch. see tend to move, and cf. tent a roll
   of lint.
   1. a pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas,
      or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, --
      used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially
      soldiers in camp.
      1913 webster

            within his tent, large as is a barn.  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. her. the representation of a tent used as a bearing.
      1913 webster

   tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
      canopy.

   tent caterpillar zool., any one of several species of
      gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large
      silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. some of
      the species are very destructive to fruit trees. the most
      common american species is the larva of a bombycid moth
      clisiocampa americana. called also lackery
      caterpillar, and webworm.
      1913 webster
see also:
tend tent tent bed tent caterpillar clisiocampa americana lackery caterpillar 
webworm 

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