encampment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɛn-/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- /ɪŋ-/ (General-American)
- /ɛn-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪnˈkæmpm(ə)nt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɛŋ-/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈkæmpmənt/ (General-American)
- /ɪŋ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɛŋ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
PIE word *h₁én From encamp (“to establish a camp or temporary shelter”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or their results).
Meanings
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(countable, often, uncountable) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.
In Mississippi, Tom turned an encampment of do-gooder burners into an organization he dubbed Burners Without Borders.
2011, Steven T. Jones, The Tribes of Burning Man: How an Experimental City in the Desert is Shaping the New American Counterculture, San Francisco, Calif.: Consortium of Collective Consciousness, →ISBN:As ſoon as he came to the top of thoſe Hills he plainly diſcovered the Creek or Harbour vvhere the Pyrate Ships lay, and vvhere they had form'd their Encampment on the Shore.
1725, [Daniel Defoe], “Part I”, in A New Voyage Round the World, by a Course Never Sailed before. […], London: […] A[rthur] Bettesworth, […]; and W. Mears, […], →OCLC, page 69:One of the greatest dangers that beset the travellers in this part of their expedition, was the vast number of rattlesnakes which infested the rocks about the rapids and portages, and on which the men were in danger of treading. They were often found, too, in quantities about the encampments.
1836 October, Washington Irving, chapter XIII, in Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard, →OCLC, page 116:Shortly after leaving the station, the train passes the site of a small halt, built in August, 1889, to serve a large army encampment situated nearby.
1946 July–August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 243:[P]erhaps, had the Moors passed these gates, and reached the Christian encampment, lulled, as it was, in security and sleep, that wild army of twenty thousand desperate men might have saved Granada; and Spain might, at this day, possess the only civilised empire which the faith of Mahomet ever founded.
1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “The Return—the Riot—the Treachery—and the Death”, in “Leila; or, The Siege of Granada”, in Leila; or, The Siege of Granada: And Calderon, the Courtier. […], London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans; Paris: Delloy and Co., →OCLC, book V, page 286:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A place where people or things stay temporarily.
This was an ancient lobster's house, / A lobster of prodigious nous, / So old that barnacles had spread / Their white encampments o'er its head,— […]
1853 November, James Russell Lowell, “A Moosehead Journal: Addressed to the Edelmann Storg at the Bagni di Lucca”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC, page 122:The Swannekke Island protesters’ camp lies on the mainland between a beach and a marshy lagoon. ... Tatty tents, rainbow-sprayed camper vans, and trailer homes look like unwanted gifts the Pacific dumped there. A strung banner declares: planet against seaboard. ... White toddlers tanned brown as leather paddle in the lazy shallows; a bearded apostle washes clothes in a tub; a couple of snaky teenagers kiss in the dune grass. Luisa locks her VW and crosses the scrub to the encampment.
2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 122:
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) A meeting (especially an annual meeting or important conference) of an outdoorsy group of people, such as military veterans or scouts of the scouting movement.
- (broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable) A meeting of Freemasons.
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(uncountable) The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp.
[F]rom the fate of vvar they vvere once more obliged to forſake culture for encampment, the ſvveets of rural life for their ſhocks of battle.
1774, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “From the Peace with Persia to the Peace of Nicias”, in The Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great, volume I, London: […] J[ohn] and F[rancis] Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 222:Mars Triumphant; or London's Glory: Being the whole art of encampment, with the method of embattling armies, marching them off, posting the officers, forming hollow squares, and the various ways of paying the salute with the half-pike; […]
1709 September 6 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele], “Friday, August 27, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 60; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC, page 359:The camp of a Roman legion preſented the appearance of a fortified city. […] Its form vvas an exact quadrangle; and vve may calculate, that a ſquare of about ſeven hundred yards vvas ſufficient for the encampment of tvventy thouſand Romans; though a ſimilar number of our ovvn troops vvould expoſe to the enemy a front of more than treble that extent.
1776, Edward Gibbon, “The Extent and Military Forces of the Empire in the Age of the Antonines”, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 15:As Carriere, the Canadian straggler did not make his appearance for two days after the encampment in the valley, two men were sent on horseback in search of him. They returned, however, without success.
1836 October, Washington Irving, chapter VII, in Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard, →OCLC, page 65:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| encampments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
firebase · bivouac · tent embassy · kirri · laager · hutment · tabor · base camp · aul · bastille
Translations (110)
okm 바오달〮 (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ur چھاؤنی (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · fi leiripaikka (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · de Lagerplatz (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ro baracament (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl obozowisko (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · cop ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙⲃⲟⲗⲏ (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · sv förläggning (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ro tabără (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · xcl բանակ (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · mg lasy (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · kaw kuwu (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · fr campement (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · zlw-opl stan (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · io kampo (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · xcl ճահուկ (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · nl tentenkamp (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl koczowisko (place where people or things stay temporarily) · mi taupuni (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · sux 𒆝 (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · it baraccamento (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · sv arméförläggning (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ur مَحَلَّہ (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · sga scor (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · el κατασκήνωση (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · de Feldlager (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ga suí (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · sga dúnad (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · az düşərgə (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ar مَحَلَّة (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ur لشکر (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · it campeggiamento (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · hi छावनी (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · mi pūpahi (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · hi लश्कर (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · cmn 營寨 /营寨 (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · la castra (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · sw boma (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl biwak (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · bg лагер (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · it accampamento (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · nl legering (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · it attendamento (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · izh laageri (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · de Lager (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · hi कंपू (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · gu ઉર્દૂ (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pt acampamento (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · cs ležení (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · xcl բուն (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · lkt wičhóthi (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · hu táborhely (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · la alberga (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · hu kemping (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · xcl ճամբար (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · mwr लसकर (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · fi leirintäalue (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · grc πᾰρεμβολή (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · cs utáboření (act of encamping or setting up a camp; state of being encamped or in a camp) · ang wīc (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · gu લશ્કર (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · cmn 營 /营 (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl grodzisko (enclosed or fortified prehistoric site) · cs tábořiště (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ja 幕府 (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · xkz གར (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · bn লস্কর (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · egy a:f-A-i-i-pr (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl obozowanie (act of encamping or setting up a camp; state of being encamped or in a camp) · ar مُعَسْكَر (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · mga longphort (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ro campament (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · fi leiri (enclosed or fortified prehistoric site) · pl obozowisko (place where people or things stay temporarily) · is búð (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · he מאהל (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · mi kāinga taupua (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · fi leiriytyminen (act of encamping or setting up a camp; state of being encamped or in a camp) · mi puninga (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · es almahala (disused) (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · aii ܡܲܫܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · fi parakkikylä (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · sq lag (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · fi leiri (place where people or things stay temporarily) · sv militärförläggning (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · es acampamento (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · kaw kuṭa (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · enm stablie (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · mr लष्कर (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ulb àgọ́ (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ca campament (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · hi शिविर (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ka ბანაკი (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · kn ಠಾಣೆ (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · es almofalla (disused) (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · fi muinaislinna (enclosed or fortified prehistoric site) · mk логорување (act of encamping or setting up a camp; state of being encamped or in a camp) · cy gwersyll (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl obóz (place where people or things stay temporarily) · fi leiri (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · mr पडाव (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · grc στρᾰτόπεδον (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · gu છાવણી (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl biwak (place where people or things stay temporarily) · es campamento (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · cs tábor (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl obóz (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · ar مُخَيَّم (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · pl koczowisko (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac) · sv tältläger (place where people encamp — see also camp, campsite, bivouac)