Definitions for bivouacs

bivouacs biv·ou·ac

Spelling: [biv-oo-ak, biv-wak]
IPA: /ˈbɪv uˌæk, ˈbɪv wæk/

Bivouacs is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 216 anagrams from letters in bivouacs (abciosuv).

Definitions for bivouacs

noun

  1. a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
  2. the place used for such an encampment.
  3. a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
  4. the place used for such an encampment.

verb (used without object)

  1. to rest or assemble in such an area; encamp.
  2. to rest or assemble in such an area; encamp.

Origin of bivouacs

1700-10; French Swiss German bīwacht auxiliary patrol, equivalent to bī- by- + wacht patrol, watch

Examples for bivouacs

Ascended a red-topped peak close to our bivouac and got a view ahead.

The occupants of this bivouac had turned in, and the lights had been doused.

Don't introduce me, Mark; leave me to shake down in any bivouac that may offer.

Continuing westerly for about ten miles, we reached the water, our bivouac on the 22nd.

We remained in bivouac here the remainder of the day and night.

On a day late in October our company were in bivouac after some hard night-riding.

If I mistake not, we've got something like refreshment at our bivouac.

A conscription, a march, a bivouac, and a battle will form act the first.

The bivouac was in the neighborhood of the Ground Squirrel bridge.

I hope so, mon lieutenant; and if it be at a bivouac fire, all the better.

The bivouac was in the neighborhood of the Ground Squirrel bridge.

I hope so, mon lieutenant; and if it be at a bivouac fire, all the better.

We remained in bivouac here the remainder of the day and night.

Don't introduce me, Mark; leave me to shake down in any bivouac that may offer.

Continuing westerly for about ten miles, we reached the water, our bivouac on the 22nd.

On a day late in October our company were in bivouac after some hard night-riding.

A conscription, a march, a bivouac, and a battle will form act the first.

If I mistake not, we've got something like refreshment at our bivouac.

Ascended a red-topped peak close to our bivouac and got a view ahead.

The occupants of this bivouac had turned in, and the lights had been doused.

Word Value for bivouacs
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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