dial. [Of uncertain origin and history.] A conical or ridge-shaped heap of potatoes or turnips, in the open air, covered with straw and earth, for winter storage; called also a bury, pie, or pit. Cf. also CLAMP.
1790. Marshall, Midl. Counties (E. D. S.), Camp; a hoard of potatoes, turneps, &c.
1881. Leicester Gloss. (E. D. S.), Camp, ‘bury,’ a pit lined with straw in which potatoes are placed, and then earthed over so as to form a mound.
Hence Camp-cellar, a temporary cellar made of clay heaped up.
1713. Lond. & Country Brewer, II. (1743), 110. This Salt, which is of a hot moist Nature, is that with which they make their Camp-cellars, by mixing it with Clay, to keep their Wine and other Liquors in.
