winter quarters

== English == === Noun === winter quarters A place where a wild animal goes to live or hibernate in the winter; hibernacle. A place where a farmer, beekeeper, nurseryman, etc. moves their charges in the winter. A more permanent location where a group that normally moves around, such as an army, circus, group of explorers, etc., takes time off to shelter for the winter. to go into winter quarters A place where someone spends one or more winters. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== hibernacle === Further reading === “winter quarters”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “winter quarters”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “winter quarters”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “winter quarters”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.