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Camp (kămp), n. [F.
camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field;
akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign,
Champ, n.]
1. The
ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for
shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.
Shak.
2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for
shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.
Forming a camp in the neighborhood of
Boston.
W. Irving.
3. A single hut or shelter; as, a
hunter's camp.
4. The company or body of persons
encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen,
etc.
The camp broke up with the confusion of a
flight.
Macaulay.
5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in
which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection
against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
[Prov. Eng.]
6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle.
See champion.] An ancient game of football, played in
some parts of England. Halliwell.
Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can
be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. --
camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling
often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are
inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters,
to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. --
Camp chair, a light chair that can be
folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back
are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. --
Camp fever, typhus fever. --
Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an
army, as a sutler, servant, etc. -- Camp
meeting, a religious gathering for open-air
preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present lodge
in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. -- Camp
stool, the same as camp chair, except that
the stool has no back. -- Flying camp
(Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid
motion from one place to another. Farrow. --
To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or
huts of a camp. -- To strike camp, to
take down the tents or huts of a camp.
Camp (kămp), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Camped (kămt; 215);
p. pr. & vb n. Camping.] To afford
rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together.
Shak.
Camp, v. i. 1.
To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -
- often with out.
They camped out at night, under the
stars.
W. Irving.
2. [See Camp, n., 6]
To play the game called camp. [Prov. Eng.]
Tusser.
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