brush camp†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a temporary shelter of brush built after the style of a lean-to (def. la).

Quotations

1894

Mackinnon thought we should save time by carrying it [a tent] instead of making brush camps.

1934

Together we walked down the trail past the two Indians who were seated in a brush camp on top of the snow. . . .

1941

In the deep woods, a simple brush camp is made in the shelter of a good wooded bluff. . . .