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tentage
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tentage \Tent"age\, n. [From Tent a pavilion.] A collection of tents; an encampment. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. accommodation in the form of a tent
Usage examples of tentage.
There was no tentage, except the shelter-halves which some of the men had brought with them.
It was no time to delay the movement of troops for the purpose of waiting on wagons, tentage, or rations.
Consequently regiments were put forth with only such amounts of rations and tentage as they could carry upon their backs.
It will be readily seen that this amount was very limited, and the only tentage possible was the shelter tent.
The exposure consequent upon the fighting and lack of tentage had its inevitable result in sickness.
Yet whole regiments remained without tentage until they embarked for the United States.
The 20th Infantry and the 3d Infantry obtained a portion of their tentage about the same time, but a large part of these regiments remained under shelter tents until they reembarked.
Repeated applications for proper tentage were made, accompanied by medical certificates that the issue of tentage was imperatively necessary for the health of the command.
Endorsements thereon by the chief quartermaster of the 5th Corps as late as the 5th of August show that there was no available tentage for issue.
The detachment commander was entirely without tentage from the 25th of June until the 5th of August--forty-five days in the rainy season in Cuba, exposed to the torrid sun by day, to chilling dews by night, and the drenching rains of the afternoon, without shelter from any inclemencies of the weather, and this in spite of repeated applications to proper authorities for the suitable allowance of tentage.
The detachment received permission on the 10th of August to use any standing tentage which it could find, and it was thoroughly under shelter an hour after this permission was received.
The climate of Cuba was not so disagreeable when one could look at it through the door of a tent, but we were not destined to enjoy our tentage very long.
Additional ammunition, already issued to the troops, tentage, baggage, and company cooking utensils will be left under charge of the regimental quartermaster, with one non-commissioned officer and two privates from each company.
I was unable to obtain any tentage for myself, and had only shelter-tents for my men.
The bullock train carrying the tentage and supplies stretched for seven miles, while the whole unwieldy column spread out over fifteen miles.