bivouac
noun
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
had bivouacked
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past perfectof bivouac.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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This was the first time since the Civil War that troops had bivouacked in the federal Capitol.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2021
For a whole month previously, the mass of these persons had bivouacked round the enclosure, and laid the foundations for a town which was afterward called "Ardan's Town."
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
The night before this beautiful spring Sabbath morning the Confederate army had bivouacked within two miles of the Federal front.
From The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis by Thomas Dixon
Having sent his militiamen on in advance, the American general had bivouacked with the regulars by the side of a small stream, which ran into the Wabash.
From The War Chief of the Six Nations A Chronicle of Joseph Brant by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
The teams arrived from the Battery 3 P. M. We loaded and started out about three miles and encamped where the team that left Corinth on the 8th had bivouacked for the night.
From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones
