Campward
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Toward a camp, campwards not-comparable
"Sometimes as many as four or six of our company, having leave of absence at the same time, would rendezvous to return together in the small hours of the night, through Rocketts, where "hold-ups" were not uncommon, and recount our various experiences as we proceeded campward."
Example
More examples"Not far, with tears, the snowy tents he knew / of Rhesus, where Tydides, bathed in blood, / broke in at midnight with his murderous crew, / and drove the hot steeds campward, ere the food / of Trojan plains they browsed, or drank the Xanthian flood."
Etymology
From camp + -ward.
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