Definition of Bivouac

a makeshift shelter that is generally used only for a night

Examples of Bivouac in a sentence

When the storm started, the soldier built a bivouac for shelter.  🔊

We will use the tree branches as a bivouac if it rains.  🔊

While running for his freedom, the slave slept wherever he could create a discreet bivouac.  🔊

Jim slept in a bivouac of tree branches when he got lost in the woods.  🔊

One night, my brother and I camped out in the den under a bivouac of bed sheets.  🔊

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