Encampments - English meaning

verb

Provide (soldiers) with accommodation in a building or set of buildings.

Usage examples:

The granary in which the platoons were barracked

verb

Jeer loudly at (someone performing or speaking in public) in order to express disapproval or to distract them.

Usage examples:

Opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session

plural noun

A large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.

Usage examples:

The troops were ordered back to barracks

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

noun

A temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.

Usage examples:

Elsewhere, the only restraint is the presence of coalition forces at the airports or in temporary b…

verb

Stay in a bivouac.

Usage examples:

We bivouacked on the north side of the town

noun

A place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, or travelling people.

Usage examples:

Thousands of local residents face serious health problems in overcrowded refugee camps and temporar…

verb

Live for a time in a tent, especially while on holiday.

Usage examples:

Holiday parks in which you can camp or stay in a chalet

adjective

Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect.

Usage examples:

The movie seems more camp than shocking or gruesome

noun

A place used for camping, especially one equipped for holidaymakers.

Usage examples:

Retailers, hotels, holiday camps, campsites and caravan parks have all reported increased business.

noun

A place in a campground or by itself where you can camp

Usage examples:

There are still another 50 to 60 campsites available in the park.

noun

A military garrison or camp.

Usage examples:

Like delhi, almost all big indian cities have inherited cantonments, the colonial military stations.

noun

An encampment formed by a circle of wagons.

Usage examples:

They had captured the boer laagers and set their ammunition dump alight.

verb

Form (vehicles) into a laager.

Usage examples:

Van rensburg's wagons were not laagered, but scattered about

noun

A long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker.

Usage examples:

Follow the blue posts until the track meets a road

verb

Display (a notice) in a public place.

Usage examples:

A curt notice had been posted on the door

adverb

With haste.

Usage examples:

Come now, come post

noun

A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off.

Usage examples:

We walked back to the station and caught the train back to brussels

verb

Short for stations of the cross.

noun

A building or buildings and the surrounding area where a particular service or activity takes place

Usage examples:

A train/bus station, a gas station, a police/fire station, at our house in the mountains we only ge…

noun

A portable shelter made of cloth, supported by one or more poles and stretched tight by cords or loops attached to pegs driven into the ground.

Usage examples:

Some of the families here stay inside the mosque, but the rest are camped out in tents that provide…

verb

Cover with or as if with a tent.

Usage examples:

The garden had been completely tented over for supper

noun

A deep red sweet wine chiefly from spain, used especially as sacramental wine.