Se TENIR bien à cheval, Fr. To sit well on horseback, to have a good seat.
TENON, (Tenon, Fr.) Any thing that holds or keeps fast; that part of a frame work which is cut to fit a mortise.
Tenon d’arquebuse, Fr. Loop of a gun.
TENT, (Tente, Fr.) This word is originally derived from the Latin tendo, I stretch; whence tendre, to stretch. A soldier’s moveable lodging place, commonly made of canvas, and extended upon poles.
The sizes of the officers tents are not fixed; some regiments have them of one size, and some another. A captain’s tent and marquee should be 10¹⁄₂ feet broad, 14 deep, and 8 high: those of the subalterns are a foot less: the major’s and lieutenant-colonel’s, a foot larger; and the colonel’s 2 feet larger.
The subalterns lie two in a tent, those of engineers but one.
The tents of private men should be 6¹⁄₂ feet square, 6 feet high, and hold 5 soldiers each.
The tents for the horse seven feet broad, and 9 feet deep: they hold likewise 5 men and their horse accoutrements.
Common Infantry Tent. Length of ridge pole is 7 feet; length of standards 6 feet. They hold only 5 men each. Weight complete 27 lbs. Great alterations have taken place in tents since the French revolution.
Bell Tent. This was the name of a small tent that was formerly in use, also called a tent of arms, being used only for holding arms in the front of the line; the use of it is now exploded; and the form being given to those now used for infantry or cavalry; weight, complete with poles, 43 lbs. length of pole 9 feet, contain 12 men each, require 40 pegs.