encampment Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
bivouac; camping site; campsite; camping area; camping ground; campground.
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noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
bivouac; camp; cantonment.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
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noun the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
bivouacking; tenting; camping.
WordNet
En*camp"ment noun
Definitions
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The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. -
The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon.
A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.