winter quarters

plural noun

1. housing or accommodation for the winter, esp for military personnel

Example Sentences

Eguino was in the hospital awaiting surgery after breaking his jaw during practice at the Bradenton, Fla., winter quarters of Feld Entertainment, the company that owns Ringling.

From Los Angeles Times

As temperatures warm in the spring, new generations of monarchs return north to their breeding grounds, dispersing across an area many times the size of their winter quarters.

From National Geographic

“You were birthed in the heat of revolution, from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the bitter winter quarters of Valley Forge — and finally victorious at Yorktown. You became a nation on battlefields from Shiloh to Vicksburg to Gettysburg, and showed amazing grace at Appomattox Court House,” Mr. Cohen said.

From Washington Times

Hornet queens tend to emerge from winter quarters in the spring and establish nests to birth worker hornets.

From Seattle Times

The diary entry says, "Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas Day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks' nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate."

From Fox News