Definition of encampments:
(n) :
(countable) (often military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.
(n) :
(uncountable) The act of encamping or setting up a camp; also, the state of being encamped or in a camp.
(n) :
(countable) (figurative) A place where people or things stay temporarily.
(n) :
(countable) (by extension, archaeology) An enclosed or fortified prehistoric site, especially a European Iron Age hill-fort.
(n) :
(countable) (by extension, Freemasonry, obsolete) A meeting of Freemasons.
(n) :
(astronomy) a Chinese constellation located near Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.