Meaning & use
Bivouacked
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Camped for the night in a temporary, often makeshift shelter without regular tents, typically during a military campaign or expedition.
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The troops bivouacked in the forest before continuing their march at dawn.
Exhausted climbers bivouacked on a narrow ledge partway up the mountain.
A note on using this word
From the French 'bivouac,' itself from a Swiss-German word for a night watch kept by a whole town guard.
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