shelter tent

a small, two-person, military tent consisting of two halves (shelter halves) buttoned or tied together, held up by accessory ropes and poles.

Also called pup tent.

Origin of shelter tent

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

When I lay down in a shelter-tent, rolling from side to side, I remembered that this was the Sabbath day.

Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, |George Alfred Townsend
If your shelter-tent got afire or blew away, wouldn't you crawl into mine?

The Younger Set |Robert W. Chambers
Later in the war, the last year or more, the camp equipage for the men was reduced to a piece of shelter-tent and a tin-cup.

History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry |William Hewitt
The tent question we will discuss elsewhere; but you can hardly do with less than a piece of shelter-tent.

How to Camp Out |John M. Gould

The shelter-tent was pitched till the noonday heat moderated.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) |Isabella L. Bird

shelter tent

US a military tent for two men