rest camp
Military recovery station
A rest camp is a place where soldiers or military personnel recuperate away from combat zones, offering respite during wartime.
The term extends to any temporary facility providing recovery or relaxation: The hikers stopped at a rest camp before the final ascent.
In South African English, rest camp often refers to accommodation facilities in game reserves or national parks.
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- refugePlace of safety
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- safe havenProtected place of shelter
barracks · respite · shelter · repose · troop morale · soldiers · combat troops · military · recuperation · tents · sleeping quarters · bunks · leave · furlough · weary · recovery · base · outpost
- safarisafari, safari park, game reserve, game reserves, safari lodge
- WWI Slangdoughboy, Tommy, Hun, Fritz, Jerry
- Etoshasalt pan, waterhole, waterholes, watering hole, elephant
- military quartersbillet, barracks, army barracks, garrison, enlisted housing
rest campfront line
Combat's forward edge
combat zone · front lines · war zone · firing line · forward operating base
rest campwork camp
Facility for compulsory labor
labor camp · boot camp · training camp · prison camp · concentration camp
rest, camp, rested, resting, rests, restful, restless, camps, camped