Tent Fly

Word TENT FLY
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We'd come in at sunset from the south, and so saw nothing of the battlefield, but they were burying the dead in scores, and I'd chanced to glance aside through an open tent-fly, and there, wrapped in a cloak, was the body of old Bob Sale. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1990)

He winked heavily, pulling back the tent-fly, and paused. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1990)

Her eyes fell upon Hamoud who, sitting on his heels near her chair, was watching her face by the light of the talc-sided lanterns that dangled from the tent-fly. ❋ Stephen French Whitman (N/A)

From where he lay, through the open tent-fly, he could see a portion of the windfall barrier which had been the cause of the disaster. ❋ Ottwell Binns (N/A)

Two and sometimes three men would be found wrapped in one blanket, "spoon-fashion," with another blanket stretched above them on four stakes to serve as a tent-fly, and their fires were usually large and well covered with green branches to prevent their burning out too rapidly. ❋ Various (N/A)

The balloonist acknowledged these compliments, bowing and looking down over the sea of upturned faces, -- but Hedger was determined she should not see him, and he darted behind the tent-fly. ❋ Unknown (1920)

Most of the baggage and tents had been left behind; a tent-fly was the shelter for brigade and division headquarters; but the food, consisting of meat, bread, coffee and sugar, was abundant and of good quality. ❋ Unknown (1917)

The camp consisted of a tent-fly, extended verandah-like behind the ❋ Jeannie Gunn (1915)

Then he accumulated a mow of willow tops without the tent-fly. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)

The last he saw of her was her luminous smile framed against the black background; then she let the tent-fly fall. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)

When we came in sight of the colonel's tent-fly I said, "See the man yonder in his shirt sleeves; he is our colonel." he had probably never seen an officer without his coat, and seemed not inclined to believe me, but we were soon in the colonel's presence. ❋ Berrien McPherson (1912)

Every man was supposed to have a small tent-fly rolled up behind him. ❋ Unknown (1910)

But unfortunately for us, neither Adjutant Griffin nor I possessed a tent-fly. ❋ Unknown (1910)

By this time we were fairly tired from long walking in the heat, and so were content to sit down under our tent-fly before our little table, and let Mahomet bring us sparklets and lime juice. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)

Le Corbier had risen hurriedly from his seat and drawn back the tent-fly. ❋ Maurice Leblanc (1902)

[Illustration: Miss Zulime Taft, acting as volunteer housekeeper for the colony, had charge of the long rude table under the tent-fly to which the campers assembled with the appetites of harvest hands and the gayety of uncalculating youth.] ❋ Hamlin Garland (1900)

The colonel, his adjutant, and the doctor are curled up under a tent-fly that serves by day as a wrap for the rations and cooking-kit they carry on pack-mule. ❋ Charles King (1888)

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