Ren″dez‐vous (r?n″d?‐vo͞o orr?n″–; 277), n.; pl.Rendezvouses (r�n″d�–vo͞o′z�z). [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.] 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. Sprat.
4. Retreat; refuge. Shak.