Obs. rare–1. [on OF. type *champerie, f. OF. champier ‘combattre en champ clos’:—late L. type *campicāre, med.L. campiare, Sp. campear to be in the field.]
Fighting or contending in the lists.
1602. Warner, Alb. Eng., XI. lxi. 269. Now sound they to the Iusts … most brauely all their Champerie acquite.
