DCHP-1 Online

log tent

• 1 Obs. or Hist. an A-shaped shed made by laying logs up to a ridgepole and chinking with moss and clay.

  See also: lean-to  

  • These structures, much simpler to build than a cabin, were used for temporary dwellings and storehouses.

  • 1743  (1949)  Log tents or huts are us'd in these parts by the English only, these they make in length and Weddth according to the Quantity of men that is to Live in them.
  • 1783-85  (1954)  On December 14 a start was made on a log tent in which to live during the winter of 1776-77.
  • 1887  (1932)  Our log tent is almost buried in snow-drift.

• 2 See quote.

  See also: shack-tent  

  • 1942  [Caption] An Indian log tent. Canvas and spruce boughs cover the pyramidal framework and poles.