BIVOUAC

[Stargzer]

Bivouac

SYLLABICATION: biv·ou·ac

PRONUNCIATION: bĭ' vōō-ăk', bĬv' wăk'

NOUN: A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area.

INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: biv·ou·acked, biv·ou·ack·ing, biv·ou·acs also biv·ou·acks
To camp in a bivouac.

ETYMOLOGY: French, from German dialectal beiwacht, supplementary night watch : bei-, beside (from Middle High German bi-, from Old High German; see ambhi in Appendix I) + Wacht, watch, vigil (from Middle High German wahte, from Old High German wahta; see weg- in Appendix I).

Etymology:

bivouac
1702, from Fr., ult. from Swiss/Alsatian biwacht "night guard," from bei- "double, additional" + wacht "guard." Original meaning was an army that stayed up on night watch; sense of "outdoor camp" is 1853. Not a common word in Eng. before the Napoleonic Wars.

"Sol Dats never camped out with his son's Boy Scout Troop because he said he would never again bivouac after he left the Army."

"Buying that new Sony game system was more of a bivouac than a wait in line."

[skinem]

Your bivouac for the night is the spot where you got tired of marching that day.

[Stargzer]

Your bivouac for the night is the spot where you got tired of marching that day.

I thought it was where your commander got tired of marching for the day ...

[skinem]

Your bivouac for the night is the spot where you got tired of marching that day.

I thought it was where your commander got tired of marching for the day ...

In my case, it was more like where my commander's commander thougth we should be tired of marching for the day.

Reminds me of another military saying...the most dangerous thing in the world is a Second Lieutenant with a map and a compass.

[Stargzer]

Like David Schwimmer's character in Band of Brothers ...