The definition corresponding to a tent is a small portable cloth house that is placed in a place outdoors to house one or more people provisionally.
It is called as it is called according to the terrestrial regions and their cultures, its purpose is to accommodate people and their belongings in a place outdoors, so that they can sleep, eat and do their daily activities indoors.
A tent consists of:
-a structure that supports it and that consists of metal rods generally made of aluminum and stakes that are responsible for tensing the winds of the tent in the middle area and corners.
-the store itself that includes walls, ceiling and floor.
–The fabric walls have an opening for the entrance and some other smaller ones such as windows or vents.
–The floor is usually canvas or some other element more resistant than that of the walls.
–Overhead is a roof that is placed above that of the tent without touching it, which protects it from sun and rain.
-Packing material that is usually a bag where all the elements go.
As for the material, it is made of cloth, although synthetic materials are currently chosen because they are more resistant and durable.
There are different types of stores, among which are:
- Canadian, which is the traditional one with a gable roof. It is usually made of resistance materials and is the most sought after for its ease of transfer and installation.
-iglu that usually replaces the previous one by having lighter and easier to transport materials, as well as its resistance to winds due to the roundness of its shape. This is based on the ice constructions that have that name.
-isothermal which is a variation of the igloo designed to be used in the mountains that is why they resist wind and cold. It is formed by two separate layers that achieve excellent insulation from the cold.
-Structural that looks like a house since it has divided environments and a good interior space, as well as a high ceiling.
As for the etymology of this construction, it is:
The word "store" comes from Latin. It is born from a tenda from the verb tendo, tedis, tendere, tetendi, tentum whose meaning is to tend, extend, stretch.
While the campaign that also derives from Latin comes from campania, campaniae with the meaning of a flat field
