Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. / Uncertain; subject to future change. / restrained; polite; to feel one's way, not using full force.

A trial; an experiment; an attempt.

(medicine) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

(medicine, sometimes figuratively) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

(archaic) A kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.

Of, or having to do with being tentative.

simple past tense and past participle of tent

present participle of tent

Material used for making tents.