Meaning & use
Bivouacs
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Temporary, often unsheltered camps used by soldiers, climbers, or hikers to rest outdoors, typically without full tents.
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The climbers set up bivouacs on a narrow ledge partway up the mountain.
Napoleon's troops endured freezing bivouacs during the retreat from Moscow.
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"Bivouac" entered English from French, ultimately from a Swiss-German word for a night watch kept by a whole town's citizens.
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