Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAMP, n. [L. campus; Fr. camp and champ; Arm. camp; It. Sp. and Port. campo; Sax. camp. The sense is, an open level field or plain. See Champion and Game.]

1. The ground on which an army pitch their tents, whether for a night or a longer time.
2. The order or arrangement of tents, or disposition of an army, for rest; as, to pitch a camp. Also, the troops encamped on the same field.
3. An army. – Hume.