Word of the Day for Thursday, March 31, 2011
bivouac \BIV-wak, BIV-uh-wak\, noun:
1. An encampment for the night, usually under little or no shelter.
intransitive verb:
1. To encamp for the night, usually under little or no shelter.
The B.O. knows as much about a Marine on bivouac as he does about leading the country!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
Rob had made his emergency bivouac just below the South Summit.-- David Breashears, "Death on the mountain", The Observer, March 30, 2003
They were stopped by savage winds and forced to bivouac 153 m below the day's goal.-- Erik Weihenmayer, "Men of the Mountain", Time Pacific, February 4, 2002
Bivouac comes from French bivouac, from German Beiwache, "a watching or guarding," from bei, "by, near" + wachen, "to watch."
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