Obs. [f. TENT sb.1 as if after a L. type *tenticula: see -CULE.] A small tent.
1548. Patten, Exped. Scotl., K iv. These whyte ridges … wear the tenticles or rather cabayns and couches of theyr souldiours.
1587. Fleming, Contn. Holinshed, III. 989/2. Foure miles on this side Edenburgh, occupied in largenesse with diuerse tents and tenticles.
