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Encampment

Encampment Meaning & Definition
Encampment Definition And Meaning

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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