Bible Dictionaries
Encampment

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

(2):

(n.) The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Encampment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/encampment.html. 1828.