Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Decamping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decamp \De*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decamped} (?; 215); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Decamping}.] [F. d['e]camper; pref. d['e]- (L.
dis) + camp camp. See {Camp}.]
1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground,
usually by night or secretly. --Macaulay.
2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used
disparagingly.
The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house
was once again converted into a tavern. --Goldsmith.
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