[f. TENT sb.1 + WORK sb.] a. The work of tent-making. b. A work of the nature or form of a tent. c. Work done or carried out in tents or under canvas.
1645. Bp. Hall, Remedy Discontents, 92. There we find the most glorious Apostle … stitching of skins for his Tent-work.
1866. H. Collins, Cistercian Order, 53. They erected a tent-work with some pieces of blanketing.
1878. Conder (title), Tent-Work in Palestine.
