encamps
Sets up outdoors
Encamps means sets up camp or settles temporarily in a place, typically outdoors: The army encamps along the river each night.
The word appears most often in military or historical contexts, describing troops establishing a temporary base.
It can also describe any group settling somewhere for a period: Protesters encamped outside the courthouse.
Temporary military encampment
- garrisonStationed military force
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
battalion · regiment · platoon · brigade · division · infantry · fortification · outpost
Traveling group with goods
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- itinerantMoving for work
sojourn · stopover · wayfarer · pilgrimage · trek · yurt · tepee · rover
bivouac
Temporary military encampment
- garrisonStationed military force
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
troops · battalion · regiment · platoon · brigade · division · infantry · fortification · outpost · quarters
caravan
Traveling group with goods
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
- transientTemporary, soon departing
itinerant · sojourn · stopover · wayfarer · pilgrimage · trek · yurt · tepee · rover · wanderer
campsite
Designated outdoor lodging area
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
backpacking · trekking · hiking · firepit · hammock · tarp · canopy · lantern · stove · trailhead
homestead
Family farm and dwelling
establish · settle · populate · relocate · lodge · squat · outpost
- military encampmentSoldiers' lodging site
- winter encampmentCold-season military quarters
- army encampmentsSoldiers' field lodgings