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bivy bag

bivy bag is the alternative form of bivvybag.

Meaning of bivvybag

Noun

bivvybag (plural bivvybags)

  1. A lightweight, durable, waterproof bag, somewhat larger than a sleeping bag, that acts as an alternative to a tent.
    • But while De Quincey came up with a prototype for a one-person tent, Stevenson invented the bivvybag, 'a sort of long roll or sausage, green waterproof cart-cloth without and blue sheep's fur within.'2011, Bill Laws, Byways, Boots and Blisters: A History of Walkers and Walking, page 142

Forms of bivy bag

pluralbivy bags

Questions about bivy bag

What is bivy bag the alternative form of?
Bivy bag is the alternative form of bivvybag.

Words near bivy bag in the dictionary

  1. bivvy bags
  2. bivvybag
  3. bivvybags
  4. bivvying
  5. bivy
  6. bivy bag
  7. bivy bags
  8. bivying
  9. BIW
  10. biwa
  11. Biwa trout

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