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What (who) is Bivouac - definition

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Bivy; Bivvie; Bivouacs; Bivuac; Bivouac (disambiguation)

bivouac         
(bivouacs, bivouacking, bivouacked)
1.
A bivouac is a temporary camp made by soldiers or mountain climbers.
N-COUNT
2.
If you bivouac in a particular place, you stop and stay in a bivouac there.
We bivouacked on the outskirts of the city.
VERB: V prep/adv, also V
bivouac         
['b?v?ak, 'b?vwak]
¦ noun a temporary camp without tents or cover.
¦ verb (bivouacs, bivouacking, bivouacked) stay in a bivouac.
Origin
C18: from Fr., prob. from Swiss Ger. Biwacht 'additional guard at night'.
bivouac         
n., v. n.
Halt for the night (without encamping).

Wikipedia

Bivouac

Bivouac is a type of camp or shelter. The term may refer to:

  • Bivouac Peak, a mountain in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
  • A military camp, or an army camp
  • Bivouac shelter including a "bivy sack" or bivvy bag, an extremely lightweight alternative to traditional tent systems
  • Bivouac (ants), an ant nest constructed out of the living ant worker's own bodies
  • Bivouac (horse), an Australian thoroughbred racehorse
Examples of use of Bivouac
1. They also toured the Chongbong Bivouac, the Konchang Bivouac, the Pegaebong Bivouac, the Sinsadong Revolutionary Battle Site and the Rimyongsu Revolutionary Site.
2. They toured the Konchang Bivouac, the Chongbong Bivouac and the Rimyongsu Revolutionary Site on June 12.
3. They will sleep in a makeshift bivouac on a bed of ferns.
4. The most popular climbing route begins on the south side at Climber‘s Bivouac, elevation 3,800 feet.
5. They first laid bouquets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung standing in Pochonbo and in Chongbong Bivouac and paid tribute to him.