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Designing Buildings at 10:21, 28 February 2023

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−	Bivouac is a term used to describe a temporary encampment used by foresters, mountaineers ~~or soliders~~, ~~it is~~ normally ~~specifically not with~~ tents or shelters as such but rather a stopping point, perhaps with some cover.	+	Bivouac is a term used to describe a temporary encampment used by foresters, mountaineers, soldiers and so on. It does not normally use tents or other shelters as such but rather is a temporary stopping point, perhaps with some cover.

−	It ~~comes~~ from the 18th-century Swiss / German word biwacht, which originally ~~meant~~ the patrol of citizens who helped the town's night watchmen. The word has been adopted into English language via ~~the~~ French and was not common in ~~the~~ English ~~language~~ until after the Napoleonic Wars.	+	It derives from the 18th-century Swiss / German word biwacht, which originally referred to the patrol of citizens who helped the town's night watchmen. The word has been adopted into the English language via French and was not common in English until after the Napoleonic Wars.

−	~~It became increasingly common to be used as a word to describe~~ a form of temporary overnight shelter with the scouting movement~~, describing tasks set to young children to live comfortably in a camp,~~ "a Scout must know how to make a Bivouac shelter for the night" ('Scouting For Boys'). So in common English it is now considered a form of shelter but one that is made from found items in nature rather than with tents.	+	Its popularity increased in describing a form of temporary overnight shelter with the scouting movement: "a Scout must know how to make a Bivouac shelter for the night" ('Scouting For Boys'). So in common English it is now considered a form of shelter but one that is made from found items in nature rather than with tents.

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Bivouac is a term used to describe a temporary encampment used by foresters, mountaineers or soliders, it is normally specifically not with tents or shelters as such but rather a stopping point, perhaps with some cover.

It comes from the 18th-century Swiss / German word biwacht, which originally meant the patrol of citizens who helped the town's night watchmen. The word has been adopted into English language via the French and was not common in the English language until after the Napoleonic Wars.

It became increasingly common to be used as a word to describe a form of temporary overnight shelter with the scouting movement, describing tasks set to young children to live comfortably in a camp, "a Scout must know how to make a Bivouac shelter for the night" ('Scouting For Boys'). So in common English it is now considered a form of shelter but one that is made from found items in nature rather than with tents.

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