large and often sumptuous tent

A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.

A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.

A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.

Same as Tent ( Her.)

That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.

The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.

A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.

To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.

A large tent; a temporary open building for shelter, entertainment, etc.

1. The auricle or pinna of the ear. 2. Any flaring extremity of a canal or tube, as the fimbriated extremity of the oviduct.

A tent: an ornamental building often turreted or domed: ( mil.) a tent raised on posts.

To furnish with pavilions.

A tent; ornamented building.

A structure for temporary shelter; a canopy.

Like a pavilion.

A tent; a temporary movable habitation; a building, or part of a building, with a tent- shaped roof; a tent raised on posts; a covering like a tent.

To furnish with tents; to shelter with a tent.

A large handsome tent; in a building, a projecting apartment usually more elevated than the rest, and often domed and turreted.

To shelter with a tent.

The scene at the Mechanics' Pavilion during the early hours of the morning and up until noon, when all the injured and dead were removed because of the threatened destruction of the building by fire, was one of indescribable sadness. – Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum Trumbull White Samuel Fallows

How would the Pavilion do, for a skeleton of the church? – Pine Needles by Susan Bogert Warner

There is a crowd over there in front of the music pavilion. – Madge Morton's Victory by Amy D.V. Chalmers

Down at the left and rear, cutting inland, is the Port Vieux, where the second bathing pavilion stands; and, sending up their cries and shoutings to the heights, we " see the children sport along the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." – A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix

Look at that pavilion; All was prepar'd: yes, I dare tell thee all, For thou art honest now. – The Fatal Falsehood by Hannah More

It was, therefore, with considerable irritation that Adrian, as the pavilion of Montreal became visible, perceived the squire returning to him. – Rienzi by Edward Bulwer Lytton

Johnny and Lord Summerhays return through the pavilion from their stroll. – Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw

The pilgrims dragged their victims to a smooth rock near the Akabah, above which stands a small open pavilion, whose sides, red with fresh blood, showed that the prince and his attendants had been busy at sacrifice. – Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah by Sir Richard Francis Burton

The canvas- house must have been a pavilion of considerable capacity, and was doubtless pitched and fixed with particular care by the soldiers and others, wherever its precise situation was determined. – Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding

When they were inside the pavilion everything necessary was prepared. – The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba

Doctor, haven't you brought this gentleman to the wrong pavilion? – The Blue Pavilions by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

To have thought of her with Randy in the old garden, on Pavilion Hill, in the Bird Room, would have been unbearable. – The Trumpeter Swan by Temple Bailey

And what was there in the pavilion? – The Regent's Daughter by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

And sure enough he saw the bird's nest- it was as large as a round pavilion. – The Chinese Fairy Book by Various

Now the beach was deserted, the Wedding Pavilion silent. – Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

He was at home on the Downs and the Heath, in the pavilion at Lord's, and behind the traps of the Red House. – M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by G.J. Whyte-Melville

In a nice sheltered corner I discovered one of those essentially French buildings called a " pavilion," a delightful little toy house of three rooms. – The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins

And now, leading his determined followers through the lower grounds of Cumbernaul, he detached half his force under Mar, to take the Southron camp in the rear, while he should attack the front, and pierce his way to the royal pavilion. – The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

When our hero and her mother sat down in the pavilion she joined them, when Jack addressed her with his usual politeness. – Mr. Midshipman Easy by Captain Frederick Marryat