[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

camp \camp\ ka^mp, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
      arranged in an orderly manner.
      1913 webster

            forming a camp in the neighborhood of boston. --w.
                                                  irving.
      1913 webster

   3. a single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
      1913 webster

   4. the company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
      of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
      1913 webster

            the camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   6. cf. oe.  as. camp contest, battle. see champion. an
      ancient game of football, played in some parts of england.
      --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
campaign champ burrow pie champion camp bedstead 
camp ceiling camp chair camp fever camp follower camp meeting 
camp stool camp chair flying camp to pitch a camp to strike camp 

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