encampmentPronunciation: /ɪnˈkampm(ə)nt, ɛn-/Translate encampment | into Italian | into Spanish 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. encampment in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of encampment in the US English dictionary