encampment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: encampment	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for encampment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
encampment n a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn: campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area] temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" Synonym(s): camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp Synonym(s): camping, encampment, bivouacking, tenting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Encampment \Encamp"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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Encampment, WY Zip code(s): 82325