The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
An encampment is a group of tents or other shelters in a particular place, especially when they are used by soldiers, refugees, or gypsies. a large military encampment. a large temporary camp, especially of soldiers
The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings
live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling