About The Word Encampment
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Encampment
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What's The Definition Of 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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Encampment: bivouac | bivouac | bivouacking | camp | campground | camping | camping area | camping ground | camping site | campsite | cantonment | tenting Related Terms | Find terms related to Encampment: barrack | barracks | bivouac | bivouacking | camp | campground | camping | campsite | cantonment | casern | concentration camp | detention camp | hobo jungle | Konzentrationslager | Lager | lines | tented field | tenting See Also | boot camp | habitation | hutment | inhabitancy | inhabitation | laager | lager | land site | military quarters | site Encampment In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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