Ren·dez·vous n.; pl. Rendezvouses
Note: [Rare in the plural.]
1. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. --Sir W. Scott.
2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. --Clarendon.
3. A meeting by appointment.
4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.]