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encampment


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Definition of encampment

noun

  • a place with temporary accommodation consisting of huts or tents, typically for troops or nomads: a Bedouin encampment
  • a prehistoric enclosed or fortified site, especially an Iron Age hill fort.
  • [mass noun] the action of setting up a camp.

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