[Fr.; f. camper to CAMP.] A detachment whose duty is to mark out the ground for a camp in advance of the army.
1821. V. Blacker, Mahratta War, I. ix. 145. The campement was always attended by a russalah [division of native cavalry] of Mysore horse on the line of march. Ibid., 146. The campement was ordered to attach itself to the brigadier-general, instead of proceeding in advance.
