What is "hunkering"

Usage examples of "hunkering".

Jondalar said, moving over and hunkering down in front of the fire opposite his brother.

Jondalar said, hunkering down on one knee, examining the smooth gray interior face of fine-structured flint.

He glanced around the sprawl of his encampment, fires flowering into life as twilight spread its wings over the army: a few cloth tents but mostly men hunkering down to rest on their cloaks.

There appeared to be about ten men out there, hunkering down behind their cars and under some of the larger pieces of palletized equipment to escape the rain of flaming debris and sparks.

I set my bag aside, sank to a hunkering position, and duck-walked across the narrow passage.