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Bivouac
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- 1 An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
"Townsend hare inhabit this area, particularly above the cabin, and a skier is likely to have one explode from a tree well and disappear into the whiteness as he skis by. Life is a constant bivouac for them -- they spend days huddled in tree wells during storms -- but I suspect they are as content and warm in their luxurious coats as we are in a cabin."
- 2 temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers wordnet
- 3 Any temporary encampment.
- 4 a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent wordnet
- 5 A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights.
"Behold the Mansion reared by Dædal Jack! See the Malt stored in many a plethoric sack, In the proud cirque of Juan's bivouac!"
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- 6 The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack. dated
- 7 A structure formed by migratory ants out of their own bodies to protect the queen and larvae.
- 1 To set up camp. intransitive, transitive
"We'll bivouac here tonight."
- 2 live in or as if in a tent wordnet
- 3 To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army. intransitive
- 4 To encamp for the night without tents or covering. intransitive
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French bivouac (earlier biouac, bivac), from Alemannic German Biiwacht (“reinforcements of guard or town watch”), from bii- + Wacht (“watch, guard”).
Unadapted borrowing from French bivouac (earlier biouac, bivac), from Alemannic German Biiwacht (“reinforcements of guard or town watch”), from bii- + Wacht (“watch, guard”).
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