tent-making
Portable dwelling craft
Tent-making refers to the craft of constructing tents from fabric and poles.
The term has a specific Christian meaning: working a secular job to support oneself while doing ministry or missionary work, after the apostle Paul, who made tents while preaching.
She's tent-making as a nurse while planting churches in Southeast Asia.
Heavy woven cloth
- polesLong sticks or extremities
- stakesPosts or wagers
- guylinesRopes anchoring tent fabric
- seamsJoined fabric edges
grommets · waterproofing · stitching · fabric · nylon · ripstop · awning · tarpaulin
Biblical letter-writer
- AquilaLatin for bird of prey
- PriscillaFeminine given name
- CorinthAncient Greek maritime city
- apostleMessenger for a cause
self-supporting · ministry · trade · Acts · missionary · leather · marketplace · rabbi
Overhead protective covering
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- sidewallLateral tire surface
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
- setupHow something is arranged
teardown · touring · carnival · menagerie · grandstand · sawdust · striped · performance
canvas
Heavy woven cloth
seams · grommets · waterproofing · stitching · fabric · nylon · ripstop · awning · tarpaulin · shelter
Paul
Biblical letter-writer
apostle · self-supporting · ministry · trade · Acts · missionary · leather · marketplace · rabbi · occupation
canopy
Overhead protective covering
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- sidewallLateral tire surface
- roustaboutUnskilled transient worker
setup · teardown · touring · carnival · menagerie · grandstand · sawdust · striped · performance · traveling
yurt
Felt-covered nomad tent
- gerPortable nomadic tent
- BedouinMiddle Eastern nomadic herder
- feltingCompacting fibers through agitation
lattice · portable · encampment · dwelling · tribal · caravan · desert · steppe · Mongolian · woven
tent-makingmasonry
Building with mortared blocks
building construction · skyscraper construction · pyramid building
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