bivvy
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of bivvy
C20: shortened from bivouac
Example Sentences
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Then when Finn was five, inspired by Alastair Humphreys' book Microadventures, they attempted to sleep out under the stars in just a bivvy bag for one night of each month of the year.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024
Some of the wives of the male volunteers expressed concerns and suspicions about her doing a bivvy exercise with them on the fells, which Penny laughs about.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2023
Ultramarathon competitors are used to "roughing it" in races, sometimes sleeping in bivvy bags at the side of muddy trails or even running through several nights.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2021
They tackled a multi-pitch route on the Marmolada—and ended up having to unexpectedly bivvy there overnight.
From National Geographic • Dec. 3, 2017
It took about twenty minutes for the spindrift to inundate my bivvy sack—a thin nylon envelope shaped exactly like a Baggies sandwich bag, only bigger—to the level of the breathing slit.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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