n. A tent; a temporary movable habitation: particularly, a large tent raised on posts.n. Hence A canopy; a covering.n. In architecture: A building of small or moderate size, isolated, but properly in a relation of more or less dependence on a larger or principal building.n. A part of a building of considerable size projecting from the main body, particularly in the middle or at an angle of a front.n. In apiculture, the middle hive in a collateral system.n. In heraldry, a tent used as a bearing: rare and represented in various ways, as a wall-tent, bell-tent, etc., at the choice of the artist.n. A coif or wig.n. In anatomy, the outer ear; the pinna or auricle of the ear.n. In brilliant-cutting, the sloping surfaces between the girdle and culet, taken together; also, the whole lower or pyramidal part of the stone, taken from the girdle and including the culet or collet. See brilliant.n. In music. See pavillon.n. A flag or ensign; specifically, the flag carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast or on the flagstaff at the stern of a ship to indicate her nationality.n. A gold coin struck by Edward the Black Prince for circulation in France: it weighed from 67 to 83 grains.To furnish with pavilions or tents; fill with tents.To shelter with or as with a tent.n. In anatomy: The flaring extremity of a canal, as the external ear or the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.