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Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 29, 2008bivouac \BIV-wak, BIV-uh-wak\, noun: 1. An encampment for the night, usually under little or no shelter. Rob had made his emergency bivouac just below the South Summit. They were stopped by savage winds and forced to bivouac 153 m below the day's goal. Bivouac comes from French bivouac, from German Beiwache, "a watching or guarding," from bei, "by, near" + wachen, "to watch." | |||||||||
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