intransitive. To take up one's abode; to encamp; to lodge, dwell.

To encamp. Obsolete.

intr. To pitch one's tent; to encamp; to take one's station or residence; in pa. pple. encamped, lodged, stationed.

intransitive. To camp; (more generally) to ensconce oneself temporarily, esp. in the open. Also in extended use: to establish a settlement, settle.

To sojourn or remain in a tent, pitch one's tent; also colloquial to take up one's quarters, lodge.

intransitive. To be encamped; to ‘sit down’ before (a town) to besiege it. Obsolete. Cf. a (b).

To camp. Obsolete.

transferred (intransitive and passive). To lodge in the open in tents or other portable or improvised habitations.

to camp out: to lodge in the open in a camp. Also transferred and figurative.

intransitive. To unyoke or unharness oxen or other draught animals (esp. from a wagon) and allow them to rest. Now historical.

intransitive. To abide or live in a tent; to encamp; spec. of travelling circus folk. Also to tent it.

transitive. To form (wagons) into a laager; to encamp (persons) in a laager; also with up and figurative. Also absol. or intransitive.

(transitive) to cover with a tarpaulin; intransitive to shelter oneself under a tarpaulin.