bivouac


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bivouac /ˈbɪvʊak, ˈbɪvwak/
noun a temporary camp without tents or cover. verb (bivouacs, bivouacking, bivouacked) stay in a bivouac.
– origin C18: from Fr., prob. from Swiss Ger. Bîwacht ‘additional guard at night’.
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