Definition of Encampment

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Encampment

The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

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

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Encampment Quotations

We remained at our encampment of this day until the morning of the 7th, when we descended ten miles lower down and encamped on a spot of ground where several thousand Indians had wintered during the past season.
William Henry Ashley

As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment.
William Henry Ashley

After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued.
William Henry Ashley

Encampment Translations

encampment in German is Lager

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