Tent

A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

Attention; regard, care.

Intention; design.

To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.

To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.

A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

A probe for searching a wound.

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.

The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.

a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek"