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"
If you bivouac in a particular place, you stop and stay in a bivouac there. We bivouacked on the outskirts of the city. a temporary camp built outside without any tents (biwake, from bi + wake ). bivouacked bivouacking to spend the night outside without tents in a temporary camp
a temporary or emergency "camp" or shelter, usually made in an undesirable locale on the side of a mountain, cliff, or in other such conditions where the hiker or climber requires rest overnight or during harsh conditions