Definitions for bivouac

bivouac biv·ou·ac

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

Bivouac is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in bivouac (abciouv).

Definitions for bivouac

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.

verb (used without object)

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

Origin of bivouac

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

Examples for 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.

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.

Word Value for bivouac
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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