Why this word is great
HYEMATION — [Noun] The act of spending winter in a particular place or the provision of shelter during winter. From Latin hiematio ("wintering"), from hiems ("winter"). Unlike "estivation" (which denotes summer dormancy) or "hibernation" (which implies winter torpor), hyemation is the quiet, deliberate act of enduring the cold—not by escaping it, but by withstanding it. It is the farmer stacking firewood against the barn wall, the traveler holed up in a mountain cabin as snow muffles the world outside, or the ancient city shuttering its windows against the wind’s bite. A recognition that survival, sometimes, is simply staying put.