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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : biv-oo-ak, biv-wak
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪv uˌæk, ˈbɪv wæk



Definition of bivouac

Origin :
  • 1702, from French bivouac (17c.), ultimately from Swiss/Alsatian biwacht "night guard," from bei- "double, additional" + wacht "guard" (see wait (v.)). Original meaning was an army that stayed up on night watch; sense of "outdoor camp" is 1853. Not a common word in English before the Napoleonic Wars. Italian bivacco is from French. As a verb, 1809, "to post troops in the night;" meaning "camp out of doors" is from 1814.
  • As in barracks : noun shelter for military
  • As in trailer park : noun place for trailers
  • As in camp : noun site for outdoor living
  • As in encampment : noun camp
  • As in remain : verb stay, wait
  • As in encamp : verb make camp
Example sentences :
  • Ascended a red-topped peak close to our bivouac and got a view ahead.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Continuing westerly for about ten miles, we reached the water, our bivouac on the 22nd.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • On a day late in October our company were in bivouac after some hard night-riding.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • The occupants of this bivouac had turned in, and the lights had been doused.
  • Extract from : « Captain Brand of the "Centipede" » by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
  • The bivouac was in the neighborhood of the Ground Squirrel bridge.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
  • We remained in bivouac here the remainder of the day and night.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • I hope so, mon lieutenant; and if it be at a bivouac fire, all the better.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Don't introduce me, Mark; leave me to shake down in any bivouac that may offer.
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • A conscription, a march, a bivouac, and a battle will form act the first.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • If I mistake not, we've got something like refreshment at our bivouac.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever

Synonyms for bivouac

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