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
I was comfortably warm in my sleeping bag and bivvy bag …—Clive Tully, Geographical Magazine, March 1990
I 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
This well-designed, compact bivvy sack is easy to slide into and protects best when temperatures are above 9C.—Toronto Star, 16 Aug. 2008
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