Definition of "encampment" in English

noun

1. A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.

2. A place where people or things stay temporarily.

3. An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.

4. A meeting of Freemasons.

5. (uncountable) The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp.