Camper’s shelter

noun

1. A collapsible shelter of fabric (such as nylon or canvas) stretched and sustained by poles and used for camping outdoors or as a temporary building
2. Dwelling
3. Something that resembles a tent or that serves as a shelter
4. The web of a tent caterpillar

verb

1. To reside for the time being lodge
2. To live in a tent
3. To cover with or as if with a tent
4. To lodge in tents

verb

1. To attend to

noun

1. Any of several social caterpillars (genus Malacosoma and especially M. americanum of the family Lasiocampidae) that form large silken webs on trees and may cause serious defoliation

noun

1. A collection of many tents set up in an area to provide usually temporary shelter (as for people who don't have a permanent place of residence)

   "Tent cities of displaced homeowners have sprung up …"

noun

1. A short stitch slanting to the right that is used in embroidery to form even lines of solid background

noun

1. A pointed piece of wood or metal that is pushed into the ground to hold the corners of a tent in position

noun

1. A moth (Malacosoma disstria of the family Lasiocampidae) whose orange-marked larva is a tent caterpillar and a serious defoliator of deciduous trees

noun

1. A canopy which can be placed over a bedridden person and within which a flow of oxygen can be maintained

noun

1. A small usually wedge-shaped tent for two persons