Definition of "tent-cloth" []

• Canvas or duck made for tents, awnings, etc. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Kel must have given up on his idea of blinding the thing with a dropped tent-cloth, because he hadn't come back for one."
• "A remarkable circumstance connected with the above incident was the fact that, during the confusion and haste following the order for the hasty march, the brothers lost sight of each other, and the elder (who bore the flag) was compelled to gallop to the front, leaving the tent-cloth and blankets, which usually were included in the roll behind the saddle, to be carried in the other's knapsack."
• "A minie-ball had entered the lower part, passing through sixteen folds of tent-cloth, many folds of a blanket, riddling several articles of underwear, and finally burying itself in a small Bible."