An outdoor storage structure made by piling harvested root vegetables, like potatoes or turnips, on the ground and covering them with thick layers of straw and soil. The earth insulates the crop against winter frosts while allowing enough ventilation to prevent rot. It is an older, regional variant of the term clamp.
Heard on the job
We need to open up the potato camp next week and see how well the crop overwintered.
Also heard as
- clamp
Do not mix it up with
- Clamp: Camp is a regional variant or historic misconstruction of clamp, which is the standard term for this storage mound.