Pavillon tent

A pavillon tent is a type of shelter consisting of a frame of poles or some single poles draped with a tarp of some kind of fabric. Most pavillon tents have a square or rectangular floor, rectangular sides and a hip roof and a height of about 2 m. (For other heights see e.g. centre-pole tents) The framing construction varies from 5 to 9 (for a square tent) poles to a firm roof frame held up by 4 (for a square tent) corner poles. The sides of the tent can either be left open or be closed by fabric walls to protect from wind.

If the poles are not held in position by fixed corners, they are fixed by diagonal guy-ropes; these are also used to stabilize a firm-framed pavillon against wind. Tent pegs are used to fix the tent (i.e. the tent feet or the guy-ropes) to the ground.

Today the tarp mostly consists of synthetic fibre (e.g. nylon, polyester), although traditionally cotton was the material of choice for tent tarps.