Word Meanings - BIVOUAC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

beiwacht; bei by, near + wachen to watch, wache watch, guard. See By, The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack. An encampment for the night without tents or covering.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BIVOUAC)

• Camp
• Encamp
• bivouac
• Settle
• pitch
• quarter

Related words: (words related to BIVOUAC)

• PITCHSTONE
  An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
• PITCHERFUL
  The quantity a pitcher will hold.
• PITCHINESS
  Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.
• PITCHFORK
  A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
• QUARTER ROUND
  An ovolo.
• SETTLEMENT
  A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
• ENCAMPMENT
  1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. 2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about
• PITCHWORK
  The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.
• QUARTERON; QUARTEROON
  A quadroon.
• PITCHER
  1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically , the player who delivers the ball to the batsman. 2. A sort of crowbar for digging. Mortimer.
• QUARTERON
  A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred. Piers Plowman.
• PITCH
  See AMERICA (more info) 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc.,
• QUARTERPACE
  A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.
• QUARTERMASTER
  An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
• QUARTERLY
  1. Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons. 2. Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.
• PITCHING
  A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents. Pitching piece , the horizontal timber supporting the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported. (more info)
• SETTLE
  1. A seat of any kind. "Upon the settle of his majesty" Hampole. 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. And from the bottom upon the ground, even
• QUARTERFOIL
  An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
• QUARTERED
  1. Divided into four equal parts or quarters; separated into four parts or regions. 2. Furnished with quarters; provided with shelter or entertainment. 3. Quarter-sawed; -- said of timber, commonly oak.
• QUARTERN
  fourth part of a pound, or of a hundred; cf. L. quartarius a fourth part, quarter of any measure, quartern, gill. See Quarter, and cf. 1. A quarter. Specifically: The fourth part of a pint; a gill. The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone .
• AUCTION PITCH
  A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit. R. F. Foster.
• WATER PITCHER
  One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower is the type. (more info) 1. A pitcher for water.
• DISSETTLEMENT
  The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
• OUTSETTLER
  One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.
• THREE-QUARTER
  Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures. Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.