bivouac
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
the place used for such an encampment.
to rest or assemble in such an area; encamp.
Origin of bivouac
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How to use bivouac in a sentence
If the military situation permits, all troops are put into quarters, only the outpost troops bivouacking.
By dusk we had got on to the open country near St Waast, and here we found that the Division was bivouacking.
The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade | Edward Lord GleichenThe travellers, obliged to pass through the bivouacking parties, did not do so without some apprehension.
The Guide of the Desert | Gustave AimardMoved forward again at daylight on the 14th, crossing the Tallahatchie at Rocky Ford, and bivouacking for the night.
A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry | Marion MorrisonMoved forward again early on the morning of the 9th, and marched thirty-five miles, bivouacking near Lawrenceburg.
A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry | Marion Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for bivouac
/ (ˈbɪvʊˌæk, ˈbɪvwæk) /
a temporary encampment with few facilities, as used by soldiers, mountaineers, etc
(intr) to make such an encampment
Origin of bivouac
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