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Webster 1913 Edition
Encampment
En-camp′ment
,Noun.
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 1828 Edition
Encampment
ENCAMP'MENT
,Noun.
1.
The place where an army or company is encamped; a camp; a regular order of tents or huts for the accommodation of an army or troop.