encamping
- present participle of encamp.
Example Sentences
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The division was ordered to join in the pursuit; being placed in baggage cars for Washington, forty miles distant, reaching the suburbs of the city at night, encamping until morning.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton
Although the ice over which we purposed travelling broke away from the land soon after setting out, yet we managed to get half way to the village before encamping.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
Careless and uncared for, what happy lives they lead, sauntering on sagging wing through the sunshine from chosen field to chosen wood, and at nightfall encamping in the fragrant tents of the pines.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
But five miles were made on the 19th, as the troops were waiting for supplies, passing through Snickersville, near Snicker's Gap, and encamping in a field.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton
Finally a move was made to the southern side of Lake Ontario, the army encamping at the mouth of what is now known as the Salmon River, a little east of Oswego.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by LeSueur, William Dawson
