| 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. |
| Noun | 1. | encampment - a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent |
| 2. | encampment - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" | |
| 3. | encampment - the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp |
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