encampment

Noun
Synonyms: campsitecampgroundcamping sitecamping groundbivouaccamping areacampcantonmentcampingbivouackingtenting

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a site where people on holiday can pitch a tentSynonyms: campsitecampgroundcamping sitecamping groundbivouaccamping area
  2. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers“wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling”Synonyms: campcantonmentbivouac
  3. the act of encamping and living in tents in a campSynonyms: campingbivouackingtenting
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Encampment \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. [1913 Webster]

2.The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. [1913 Webster]

A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans.— Gibbon.[1913 Webster]
A green encampment yonder meets the eye.— Guardian.[1913 Webster]
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