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Definition of Bivouac

1. Verb. Live in or as if in a tent. "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"

2. Noun. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers. "Wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

3. Noun. A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent.

Definition of Bivouac

1. n. The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.

2. v. i. To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.

Definition of Bivouac

1. Noun. An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering. ¹

2. Noun. Any temporary encampment. ¹

3. Noun. (dated) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack. ¹

4. Verb. To set up camp. ¹

5. Verb. To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army. ¹

6. Verb. To encamp for the night without tents or covering. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bivouac

1. to make a camp [v -OUACKED, -OUACKING, -OUACKS or -OUACS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bivouac

biventricular biverbal bivi bivi bag bivia bivial bivies bivinyl bivinyls bivious

bivis bivittate bivium bivocal bivoltine bivouac (current term) bivouac sack bivouac sacks bivouack bivouacked

bivouacking bivouacks bivouacs bivvied bivvies bivvy bivvying bivy biwa biwas

Literary usage of Bivouac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Military Surgery and Hygiene by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1865)
"A " bivouac " is the watch or guard of troops upon a field without shelter, ... Sometimes, also, soldiers are compelled to bivouac in hurried retreats. ..."

2. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"1741 Broglio had an unquiet Winter of it in his new command; and did not extend his quarters, but the contrary. Broglio has a bivouac of Pisek; ..."

3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"O'Hara wrote only two poems which have been preserved to history—one entitled "The bivouac of the Dead," the other "A Dirge for the Brave Old Pioneer. ..."

4. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1921)
"bivouac ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE I SEE before me now a travelling army halting, Below a fertile valley spread, with barns and the orchards of summer, Behind, ..."

5. A Practical treatise on military surgery by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1861)
"A " bivouac" is the watch or guard of troops upon a field without shelter, ... Sometimes also soldiers are compelled to bivouac in hurried ..."

6. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"On Fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead. No rumor of the foe's advance ..."

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