encampmentn.
/ɛnˈkampmənt/ 1. The action of encamping; the state of being encamped.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping
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encampment1686
1686 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 381 The encampment of his majesties forces on Hounslow Heath.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 60. ⁋9 The whole Art of Encampment.
1750 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 47 iii. 5 During our incampment in Dutch Brabant.
1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. vii. 222 They were once more obliged to forsake culture for encampment.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. (R.) A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans.
1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 245 Two or three days after the encampment in the valley.
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a. The place where a body of troops is lodged in tents or other temporary means of shelter, with or without intrenchments; = camp n.2 1. Also attributive and figurative.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > camp > enemy's camp
encampment1598
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 150 Strong encampements, if commodities be cut off, not much available.
1713 A. Pope in Guardian 29 Sept. 2/1 A green Encampment yonder meets the Eye, And loaded Citrons bearing Shields and Spears.
1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 169 An incampment which was forming in haste.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. i. 1 The immense and murmuring encampment of the Spanish foe.
b. transferred. The temporary quarters, formed by tents, vehicles, etc., occupied by a body of nomads or men on the march, travellers, etc.; = camp n.2 4. Also figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun]
logis1477
camp1560
encampment1725
campment1821
laager1850
tabor1877
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 69 The Creek..where they had form'd their Encampment.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 418 Signs of a small Indian encampment.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 127 A lobster..So old that barnacles had spread Their white encampments o'er its head.
1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 339/1 Encampments are common..along the Thames.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > the Freemasons > meetings
communication1723
encampment1787
1787 in Burns' Wks. (1856) II. 83 (note) At a general encampment held this day, the following brethren were made Royal Arch Masons, viz.—Robert Burns, etc.
1878 Woodford Kenning's Masonic Cyclop. Encampment, the name formerly given to the assemblies of Masonic Knights Templar.
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