tent fly


Origin of tent fly

1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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How to use tent fly in a sentence

  • Officers should be content with a tent fly, improvising poles and shelter out of bushes.

  • Found the room well filled, a large stage erected, an old tent-fly for curtain, red horse blankets for scenery.

    An Artilleryman's Diary | Jenkin Lloyd Jones
  • Back of our tents is our dining-table, made of planks split from the spruce, and sheltered with a tent fly.

    Fishing With The Fly | Charles F. Orvis and Others
  • Put the spindle in the end of each pole through the holes in the ridge pole, and the eyelets in the tent and tent fly ridge.

    Campward Ho! | Unknown
  • A large tent fly was erected over the tables to provide shade and keep out rain, if any should come.

    Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol | Henry Harley Arnold