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.
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 (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.
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