bivy bag
noun
variants
or bivy sac
or less commonly bivvy bag
or bivvy sac
: a collapsible bag made of weatherproof fabric that is used to provide shelter usually for a single person in the wilderness
All night the rain came in wind-lashed waves that hammered at the nylon bivy bag …—
Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sept. 1990
Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sept. 1990I was comfortably warm in my sleeping bag and bivvy bag …—Clive Tully, Geographical Magazine, March 1990
Clive Tully, Geographical Magazine, March 1990I crawled back to my bike and unhooked my survival kit—a bivy sack, sleeping bag and foam pad.—Jill Homer, Juneau (Alaska) Empire, 16 Mar. 2008
Jill Homer, Juneau (Alaska) Empire, 16 Mar. 2008This well-designed, compact bivvy sack is easy to slide into and protects best when temperatures are above 9C.—Toronto Star, 16 Aug. 2008
Toronto Star, 16 Aug. 2008Dictionary Entries Near bivy bag
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“Bivy bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bivy%20bag. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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