pup tent

noun

shelter tent.

Origin of pup tent

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words nearby pup tent

punty, punxsutawney, puny, puo, pup, pup tent, pupa, puparium, pupate, pupfish, pupil

Example sentences from the Web for pup tent

  • This formed a small A-shaped tent, a "pup-tent," as the soldiers called it, but was open at the front and back.

    Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army |Augustus Meyers

  • Peeping out from his pup-tent, he saw half a dozen tupa (or giant tree-climbing crabs) on a nocturnal raid on a cocoanut-grove.

    The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon |Richard Connell

British Dictionary definitions for pup tent

pup tent

noun

another name for shelter tent