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Definition of bivvy in English: bivvynounPlural bivvies ˈbɪvi British informal A small tent or temporary shelter. Example sentencesExamples - I don't think you'll get it by sitting in a bivvy in the same swim for weeks on end until eventually the fish come around.
- I hauled everything round to the swim, set up the bivvy, then the rod.
- Nick supplied the bivvies, the cooking equipment, a boat but most of all, the local ‘knowledge’.
- However, if all the other anglers are just sitting in their bivvies for three days then I know we can do better by spending our three days constantly on the move looking for fish and baiting up several areas.
- I think Geoff was out of the bivvy before me, as usual, but I was soon on it.
- Tarsha pushed into the opening at the end of the bivvy followed by the guard who handed a bulky sack to her commander and left.
- By all means set up a bivvy at the lakeside if you're allowed to do so.
- Had this been an episode of Survivor, I would have simply built a rough sort of two bedroom bivvy with outside BBQ area.
- The soldiers eat half cooked meat in their wet bivvies.
- Talking of bivvies, if I do more than 24 hrs then I use a bivvy otherwise I am happy with my oval umbrella shelter.
- The late hour, increasing winds, and our various states of exhaustion decided us on a bivvy there below.
- It is an exciting way to catch carp though and a nice change from sitting in a bivvy on a lake.
- Similarly if you are pitching a bivvy for a few days, move it back a bit.
- The lake may have sections set aside for night fishing, or the whole perimeter may be open for fishing nights, yet the authorities still impose a ban on actually setting up a bivvy.
- We left some of our gear in the swim and borrowed Adrian's wheelbarrow to transport our bivvy and remaining gear from our car to the swim.
- We mooched around for a few hours before setting up a bivvy to get some sleep.
- Take a rod pod as the banks are very hard and a brolly or bivvy as the sun can be very strong.
- He will also collect and deliver paid-for supplies and food to your bivvy.
- Make sure that your bivvy, sleeping bag and thermal/wet weather gear are up to scratch.
- The levels can fall alarmingly fast; what might have been a comfy swim last year may be high and dry this year, requiring a route march through a hundred yards of mud simply to get from your bivvy down to the water's edge.
verbbivvying, bivvied, bivvies ˈbɪvi [no object]British informal Stay in a small tent or temporary shelter. he opted to bivvy up for two days Example sentencesExamples - Now, compared with bivvying up for a few days it might be short, but there is often a strong case for spending more than a few hours stalking.
- Along the main roads all through France there are many petrol stations with large rest areas, and it was in one of these that we bivvied up for the night.
- This was coming from people who don't mind bivvying on a tiny ledge two hundred metres up a sheer cliff face.
- The snow was so deep that we were unable to make camp and had to bivvy on the hillside at around 7,400m.
- This is a standard approach method used by those wishing to bivvy up and night fish.
- You can do a reasonable recee in this time, perhaps bait up a likely spot, put the baits out, bivvy up and catch up on your sleep.
- ‘Camping sauvage’ is the French term for bivvying up by the lakeside, and on many waters it is banned.
Origin Early 20th century: abbreviation of bivouac. Rhymes chivvy, civvy, divvy, Livy, privy, skivvy, spivvy |