Bivouacking

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bivouac \Biv"ouac\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bivouacked} (?); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Bivouacking}.] (Mil.)
     (a) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
     (b) To encamp for the night without tents or covering.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bivouac
       n 1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for
            soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were
            grumbling" [syn: {camp}, {encampment}, {cantonment}]
       2: a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn: {campsite},
           {campground}, {camping site}, {camping ground}, {encampment},
           {camping area}]
       v : live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this
           summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The
           houseguests had to camp in the living room" [syn: {camp},
            {encamp}, {camp out}, {tent}]
       [also: {bivouacking}, {bivouacked}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bivouacking
       n : the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp [syn: {camping},
            {encampment}, {tenting}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bivouacking
       See {bivouac}