† discamp, v. Mil. Obs.
(dɪˈskæmp)
[ad. It. scampare, with substitution of the full form of the prefix dis- for s-: cf. decamp.]
1. intr. To raise or break up a camp; to depart from a place of encampment; to decamp. Also fig.
| 1579 Fenton Guicciard. (1618) 213 After which accident..they discamped secretly in the night to go to Quiercy. 1652 Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 211 Fidelity, fortitude, and vigilancie, must needs discamp, if Mammona give the word. a 1693 ― Rabelais iii. xxxvii. 311 He was about discamping. |
2. trans. a. To remove or abandon (a camp). b. To force (any one) from a camp, force to abandon a camp.
| 1574 Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 272, I command you to leaue your armour, to discamp your camp. 1606 Holland Sueton. 25 No enemie put he ever to flight, but he discamped him and draue him out of the field. 1658 J. Coles tr. Cleopatra vii. 140 He discamped his Army, and marched to meet Ariamenes. |
Hence diˈscamping vbl. n.
| 1579 Fenton Guicciard. ii. (1599) 84 The King departed with his army before day, without sound of trumpets, to couer his discamping as much as he could. 1611 Cotgr., Descampement, a discamping. |