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A-tent
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a tent with no vertical wall, the canvas sloping from the ridgepole to the ground on both sides.
Quotations
1897
At this time only two small tents were used, an "A" tent for the canoemen and a wall tent, affording a little more headroom, for ourselves.
1954
My little A-tent pitched close by on a round knoll beside the creek.