tent-rope

The metres, our feet, were called “Arkán,” the stakes and stays of the tent; the syllables were “Usúl” or roots divided into three kinds: the first or “Sabab” (the tent-rope) is composed of two letters, a vowelled and a quiescent consonant as

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

So I strode forward as if just arrived and purposely tripped over a tent-rope, stumbling under the awning with a laugh and an apology.

The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

"I thought so at first, but it looks as if I'll be cutting figure eights on the end of a tent-rope."

The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

Stella was blindly tottering against the tent-rope, clutching vaguely for support.

The Lamp in the Desert 1910

So I strode forward as if just arrived and purposely tripped over a tent-rope, stumbling under the awning with a laugh and an apology.

The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909

Spurring himself anew, and flinging all his wasting resources into the flight, with the pursuers even at his heels, he stretches out toward the mark, and with one last tremendous exertion he touches the tent-rope and is safe!

The Silver Lining: Messages of Hope and Cheer 1817-1893 1907

To touch the tent-rope is to enter the circle of inviolable hospitality.

The Silver Lining: Messages of Hope and Cheer 1817-1893 1907

A number of Afridis forced their way into the camp, lunging at every tent-rope within reach of their long knives, and in the dim light it was not easy to distinguish friend from foe.

Captain Desmond, V.C. Maud Diver 1906

Miki followed a few moments later, and his master fastened the end of a worn tent-rope around his neck and tied the rope to a sapling.

Nomads of the North James Oliver Curwood 1903

Then Faiz Ullah took blankets, quilts, and coverlets where he found them, and lay down under them at his master's side, and bound his arms with a tent-rope, and filled him with

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900