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encampment

[en-kamp-muhnt]

noun

an act or instance of encamping; lodgment in a camp.

the place or quarters occupied in camping; camp.

Origin:
1590–1600; encamp + -ment

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encampment (ɪnˈkæmpmənt)

—n
1.	the act of setting up a camp
2.	the place where a camp, esp a military camp, is set up

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