encampment

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ENCAMP'MENT, noun The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. 1. The place where an army or company is encamped; a camp; a regular order of tents or huts for the accommodation of an army or troop.
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