tent
A wide variety of inanimate objects A Complete Guide to Heraldry, A.C. Fox-Davies, Bonanza (re-print of 1909 Edition), New York, 1978, P281 appear in coats of arms, so of them still recognisable today, others now rather obscure. The images used are often simplified and stylised, the tent is a typical case, the knight’s pavilion is more to be expected than the ridge tent we see more commonly today.