1. stayed temporarily in the open air without tents or in improvised shelters
Usage: military; past tense of bivouac

Examples

• The soldiers bivouacked in the forest for the night.
• We bivouacked under the stars when our tent broke.
• The hiking group bivouacked near the mountain stream.
• They bivouacked in an abandoned barn during the storm.
• The troops bivouacked on the hillside before the battle.
• The explorers bivouacked wherever they could find shelter.