bivouac
noun
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
is bivouacking
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present progressiveof bivouac (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A squadron of the Municipal Guard is bivouacking in the Place Dauphine.
From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo
Later they saw me start for Petra when the train had passed; and now they will learn that Ibrahim ben Ah with seven score men is bivouacking in the desert.
From The Lion of Petra by Talbot Mundy
Perhaps he is visiting the sentries, thought she; perhaps he is bivouacking; perhaps he is attending the couch of a wounded comrade, or studying the art of war up in his own desolate chamber.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The greater part of the column has abandoned its tents and is bivouacking in the open.
From Notes of a War Correspondent by Frederic Remington
