bivouac

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins soldiers setting up a bivouac by the stream Synonyms camp, campground, campsite, encampment, hutmentRelated Words canvas (also canvass), tentage; colony, plantation, settlement; Hooverville, jungle, shantytown; concentration camp, prison camp; barracks, cantonment, installation, laager [South African], leaguer, post

1 to live in a camp or the outdoors the army bivouacked for the night by the lake Synonyms camp, encampRelated Words sleep out, tent; bed (down); backpack, caravan

2 to provide with living quarters or shelter survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement Synonyms accommodate, bestow, billet, house, board, bunk, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take inRelated Words ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent; barrack; bed (down)Near Antonyms eject, evict