Laager

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A defensive encampment encircled by armored vehicles or wagons.
  • verb-intransitive. To camp in a defensive encirclement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers.
  • n. A temporary formation of armoured vehicles for resupply.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A camp, especially one surrounded by a circular formation of travelers' wagons for temporary defense.
  • v. To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In South Africa, an encampment; an inclosure for temporary defense formed of the wagons of a traveling party.
  • To arrange in such a way as to form a defensive inclosure; arrange so as to form a laager: as, to laager wagons.
  • To halt and form a laager; encamp in a laager: as, we laagered five miles farther on.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
  • Verb Form
    laagers   
    Hypernym
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    camp    cantonment    bivouac    encampment   
    Synonym
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    lager   
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