(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:22:37

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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