Kibitka vs. Tent

Kibitkanoun

A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.

Kibitkanoun

A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.

Kibitkanoun

A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.

Kibitkanoun

A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.

Kibitka

A kibitka (Russian: Кибитка from the Arabic - dome) is a pastoralist yurt of late 19th century Kyrgyz and Kazakh nomads. The word also refers to a Russian type of carriage.

Tentnoun

A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

Tentnoun

(archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

Tentnoun

(Scotland) A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.

Tentnoun

A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

Tentnoun

Attention; regard, care.

Tentnoun

(archaic) Intention; design.

Tentnoun

(medicine) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

Tentnoun

(medicine) A probe for searching a wound.

Tentnoun

(archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

Tentverb

(intransitive) To go camping.

Tentverb

(cooking) To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.

Tentverb

(intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.

Tentverb

To attend to; to heed

Tentverb

to guard; to hinder.

Tentverb

To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

Tentnoun

A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; - called also tent wine, and tinta.

Tentnoun

Attention; regard, care.

Tentnoun

Intention; design.

Tentnoun

A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

Tentnoun

A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, - used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.

Tentnoun

The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

Tentverb

To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.

Tentverb

To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.

Tentverb

To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.

Tentnoun

a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs);

Tentverb

live in or as if in a tent;

Tent

A tent ( (listen)) is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over, attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope. While smaller tents may be free-standing or attached to the ground, large tents are usually anchored using guy ropes tied to stakes or tent pegs.