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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.





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"Shelter tent" Quotes from Famous Books



... was going down upon a day of gloom the bugle called us all up on the hillside. Then the Rebels saw for the first time how few there were, and began an almost simultaneous charge all along the line. The Major raised piece of a shelter tent upon a pole. The line halted. An officer rode out from ...
— Andersonville, complete • John McElroy


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