bivouac

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
  2. noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
  3. verb live in or as if in a tent

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French bivouac (earlier biouac, bivac), from Alemannic German Biiwacht (“reinforcements of guard or town watch”), from bii- + Wacht (“watch, guard”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

camp, encampment, cantonment

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