Bivouacking
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.
Historical Examples
The Prairie Traveler Randolph Marcy
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy
Anabasis Xenophon
The Young Castellan George Manville Fenn
The Citizen-Soldier John Beatty
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Vicente Blasco Ibanez
The Citizen-Soldier John Beatty
Napoleon’s Letters to Josephine Henry Foljambe Hall
Les Misrables Victor Hugo
noun
a temporary encampment with few facilities, as used by soldiers, mountaineers, etc
verb -acs, -acking, -acked
(intransitive) to make such an encampment
n.
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