English-Thai Dictionary

encampment

N การ ตั้งค่าย ที่พัก  bivouac camp campsite kan-tang-kai-ti-pak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENCAMPMENT

n.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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCAMPMENT

ENCAMPMENT En *camp "ment, n.

 

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

 

2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon. A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

encampment

en camp ment |enˈkampmənt ɪnˈkæmpmənt | ▶noun a place with temporary accommodations consisting of huts or tents, typically for troops or nomads. • the process of setting up a camp.

 

Oxford Dictionary

encampment

en ¦camp |ment |ɪnˈkampm (ə )nt, ɛn- | ▶noun a place with temporary accommodation consisting of huts or tents, typically for troops or nomads. • a prehistoric enclosed or fortified site, especially an Iron Age hill fort. • [ mass noun ] the action of setting up a camp.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

encampment

encampment noun they reached the encampment only minutes before daybreak: camp, military camp, bivouac, cantonment; campsite, camping ground; tents.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

encampment

encampment noun they planned an attack on the enemy's encampment: camp, military camp, bivouac, cantonment, barracks, base, station, post; campsite, camping ground; tents; S. African historical laager.