Camp

kamp, n. the ground on which an army pitch their tents: the tents of an army, quarters generally, a permanent military station, as at Alders hot: any fortified site in which a force once defended itself, as a Roman or British camp: any temporary quarters for travellers, .— v.i. to encamp or pitch tents.— ns. Camp′-foll′ower , any one who follows in the train of an army, but takes no part in battle; Camp′meet′ing , a religious gathering held in the open air or in a temporary encampment in the fields; Camp′-shed′ding , -sheet′ing , -shot , an erection of piles, ., along the bank of a river or an embankment, for strengthening; Camp′-stool , or -bed′stead , a portable folding-stool, a trestle-bed. [Fr. camp , a camp—L. campus , a plain.]