bivouac
noun
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
will bivouac
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future tenseof bivouac.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The regiment will bivouac not far from here, and we may just as well stay the night in yonder building as sleep in a mouldy barn.
From The Great White Army by Sir Max Pemberton
"We will bivouac in the woods yonder, near this ford," he said courteously.
From The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
And now, Messieurs les Cheyennes, we'll see who first will bivouac to-night upon the War Bonnet.
From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by Charles King
We will not put up anywhere, but will bivouac in the open.
From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Charles Mills Sheldon
The forces will bivouac on the upper and lower decks and receive only straw bags and covers.
From Operations Upon the Sea A Study by Franz, Freiherr von Edelsheim
