1. a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); - Example: "he pitched his tent near the creek" [syn: tent, collapsible shelter]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
collapsible shelter
n 1: a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over
supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and
pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek" [syn: tent,
collapsible shelter]