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castrametation|ˌkæstrəmɪˈteɪʃən|
[a. F. castramétation (16th c.), f. L. castra mētā-ri to measure or lay out a camp.]
a. The art or science of laying out a camp.
b. concr. The outline of a camp traced out (obs.).
1679Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 404 Choul's discourse of the Castrametation of the Romans. Ibid. 406 That entrenchment..has been one of these Roman Castrametations. 1816Scott Antiq. i, Discussion concerning urns, votive altars, Roman camps and the rules of castrametation. 1842W. Ramsay in Smith's Gr. & Rom. Antiq. (1848) 244/2 A technical memoir on the art of castrametation. |