Crossword clues for tentpole
Wiktionary
n. 1 One of the poles used to hold up a tent. 2 (context US attributive figurative film television theater English) Of or pertaining to a large-scale entertainment production which is a major source of revenue for its studio, television network, or investors.
Usage examples of "tentpole".
Apprentices were still unpacking travel panniers under the eyes of the Master, who was arranging attractive displays of his wares, and an older journeyman was fussily adjusting the price boards attached to the tentpole.
Between the four main tentpoles, long trestle tables groaning with food and drink stood about the colorful carpets that had been laid for a floor, and there were people everywhere, Cairhienin nobles in their finery, a few soldiers with the fronts of their heads shaved and powdered, plainly men of high rank by the fine cut of their coats.
The Prince could see him well enough: braziers intended for warmth gave off a flickering illumination that danced among the tentpoles and around the meeting chairs.