DCHP-2

brush camp † DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

  See also: brush shed  lean-to (def. 1a)  

  • 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. . . .