0 a long pole that supports a tent and keeps it upright (= standing up): --
We stock both lightweight and traditional wooden tent poles.
1 a tent-pole film, event, business activity, etc. is one that is expected to make a lot of money, and also to help persuade people to spend money on products connected with it: --
2 a film, event, business activity, etc. that is expected to make a lot of money, and also to help persuade people to spend money on products connected with it: --
Armageddon was a successful tentpole in 1998.
We have tent-pole moments that were building to all the way through to the end, and its very clear to us where we want to end up.
The first element is the genitive case of "rhko" which means sledge for tent poles and the last element is "jiegna" which means glacier.
Light was fading, so they marked the place with tent poles and returned to the station.
Probably there was also an indirect lightning strike that cut into pieces the bamboo ski pole that was used as a tent pole, and the tent collapsed.
Aja said he wanted to create a tent pole-sized live action franchise.
Tensile structures have long been used in tents, where the guy ropes and tent poles provide pre-tension to the fabric and allow it to withstand loads.
The racing team also has from two to four outriders who load the stove and tent poles at the start and must finish the race with the chuckwagon.
Some backpacking tents are designed to use trekking poles as tent poles.
