DCHP-1 Online
make camp 
set up shelters, make fire, etc. when stopping for a time on the trail.
- 1849 We forded the river . . . and began "making camp," so as to save the carriers as much as possible when they came up.
- 1912 (1914) What's the best camp to make to-night?
- 1849 We forded the river . . . and began "making camp," so as to save the carriers as much as possible when they came up.