sleepout

plural sleepouts

1. AustraliaNew ZealandA 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

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   As I squeeze headfirst out of the sleepout, something invisible tugs at my legs.

   2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, page 2

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.