'Encampment' definitions:
Definition of 'encampment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn: campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area]
noun
Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" [syn: camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac]
noun
Definition of 'Encampment'
From: GCIDE
- Encampment \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. [1913 Webster]
- A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster]
- A green encampment yonder meets the eye. --Guardian. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'encampment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- barrack,
- barracks,
- bivouac,
- bivouacking,
- camp,
- campground,
- camping,
- campsite,
- cantonment,
- casern,
- concentration camp,
- detention camp,
- hobo jungle,
- Konzentrationslager,
- Lager,
- lines,
- tented field,
- tenting