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bivouacking
(vbl.)露宿
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.
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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]
bivouacking
n : the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp [syn: camping,
encampment, tenting]