bivouacking

biv·ou·ac

B0289500 (bĭv′o͞o-ăk′, bĭv′wăk′)n. A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area.intr.v. biv·ou·acked, biv·ou·ack·ing, biv·ou·acs also biv·ou·acks To camp in a bivouac.

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[French, from German dialectal beiwacht, supplementary night watch : bei-, beside (from Middle High German bi-, from Old High German; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + Wacht, watch, vigil (from Middle High German wahte, from Old High German wahta; see weg- in Indo-European roots).]

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bivouacking - the act of encamping and living in tents in a campcamping, tenting, encampmentinhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation - the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"