bivouac

¹biv·ouac

noun \ˈbi-və-ˌwak, ˈbiv-ˌwak\

Definition of BIVOUAC

1

: a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter

2

a : encampment usually for a night b : a temporary or casual shelter or lodging

Examples of BIVOUAC

1. <soldiers setting up a bivouac by the stream>

Origin of BIVOUAC

French, from Low German biwacht, from bi by + wacht guard

First Known Use: 1819

Related to BIVOUAC

Synonyms: camp, campground, campsite, encampment, hutment

Related Words: canvas (also canvass), tentage; colony, plantation, settlement; Hooverville, jungle, shantytown; concentration camp, prison camp; barracks, cantonment, installation, laager [South African], leaguer, post

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Other Military Terms

logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

Rhymes with BIVOUAC

almanac, amberjack, anorak, antiblack, applejack, Arawak, Aurillac, back-to-back, black-on-black, brainiac, bric-a-brac, Cadillac, camelback, canvasback, cardiac, carryback, celiac, cornerback, Cousin Jack, crackerjack, cul-de-sac, diamondback, fiddleback, Gay-Lussac, gunnysack, hackmatack, haversack, high-low-jack, huckaback, hydrocrack, iliac, ipecac, Kodiak, ladder-back, leatherback, lumberjack, maniac, medevac, Merrimack, mommy track, multipack, nunatak, Nunivak, off-the-rack, paperback, Pasternak, piggyback, quarterback, razorback, retropack, running back, sandarac, Sarawak, silverback, single-track, snapper-back, steeplejack, stickleback, Syriac, tamarack, theriac, tokamak, turtleback, umiak, Unimak, zodiac