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bivouac
/ˈbɪvwæk/
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What does bivouac mean?
noun
- An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.
- Any temporary encampment.
- A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A structure formed by migratory ants out of their own bodies to protect the queen and larvae.
- (dated) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
verb
- To set up camp.
- To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
- To encamp for the night without tents or covering.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɪvwæk/
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Two or three of these columns had disappeared in these bivouac fires, and had warmed the large hands of the Imperial troops.
I always liked them, but never perhaps so much as when they were thus grouped together under the light of the bivouac fire.
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The roads along which the convoys are moving are indicated upon the map, or the position of the massed troops in bivouac is similarly shown.
I reached the place of our bivouac by sunset, and drinking much mate, and smoking several cigaritos, soon made up my bed for the night.
But now the deer-flies were rife in the woods, and the rocky hillside nooks warm enough for the nightly bivouac, so the woodland was deserted.