bivouacnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɪv.u.æk/us/ˈbɪv.u.æk/a temporary shelter or camp for sleeping in outside, that is not a tent:
The children made a bivouac at the bottom of the garden with some poles and an old blanket.
also bivouac tent a small, light tent that is just big enough for one or two people to lie in
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Mountaineering & rock climbing
- abseil
- bag
- base camp
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- climb
- climbing
- crampon
- foothold
- footing
- free running
- hold
- mountainboarding
- mountaineer
- mountaineering
- Munro-bagging
- rappel
- toehold
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Camping
bivouacverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈbɪv.u.æk/us/ˈbɪv.u.æk/present participle bivouacking, past tense and past participle bivouackedto camp (= sleep) in a bivouac:
The soldiers bivouacked in the mountains for two nights.
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Camping
- backpack
- billy
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- camp
- campfire
- campground
- camping
- canvas
- caravan park
- cot
- fly
- flysheet
- glamping
- groundcloth
- groundsheet
- lean-to
- peg
- peg sth out
- trailer park
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