tentage

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Whatever the Paleolithic sense of cosmos may have been, it's safe to say that they had well-made objects for everyday utility: clothes, tentage, tools.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013

To St. Louis swelterers for seven summers Aloe Plaza has offered no refreshment beyond the discouraged tentage of a few trees.

From Time Magazine Archive

The minimum allowance of tentage and baggage as prescribed in General Orders 54, A.G.O., current series, will be taken.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat

The detachment received permission on the 10th of August to use any standing tentage which it could find, and it was thoroughly under shelter an hour after this permission was received.

From History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition by Parker, John H. (John Henry)

Here they will repair and make fit for service again, shoes, harness, clothing, webbing, tentage, rubber-boots, etc.

From Out To Win The Story of America in France by Dawson, Coningsby