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Definitions for: Encampment
[n] the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
[n] temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
[n] a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
Webster (1913) Definition: En*camp"ment, n.
1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army
or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
2. 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.
Synonyms: bivouac, bivouac, bivouacking, camp, campground, camping, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, cantonment, tenting
See Also: boot camp, habitation, hutment, inhabitancy, inhabitation, laager, lager, land site, military quarters, site
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