Meaning of shelter half | Babel Free

Definitions

A canvas sheet that, when combined with another, comprises a shelter tent; one half of a shelter tent.

Examples

“The men now had their rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition, one blanket, one shelter-half (one-half a dog tent), one rubber poncho, one coffee-tin, one knife, fork, and spoon, one tin cooking-pan and cover⟳, one canteen and haversack containing three day’s provisions”

“Soldiers were each issued as standard field equipment a woolen blanket, a rubberized or painted muslin blanket or poncho, and a canvas shelter⟳ half or tent half with a series of buttons and buttonholes placed on three sides to enable them to be fastened together in various combinations. It was general practice for soldiers to pair off to share⟳ sleeping equipment, in effect doubling their potential warmth.”

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