sleepouts

Noun

sleepout (plural sleepouts)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
   • She could see the dark bulk of the sleepout: no lights there either.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 111
2. an organised group of people sleeping in the open, often as a form of protest or to raise public awareness of an issue such as homelessness.
3. a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.