laager
or la·ger
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
to arrange or encamp in a laager.
Origin of laager
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How to use laager in a sentence
What was my surprise to see lying below me the smoke and waggons and picketed horses of the enemy's laager!
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungHe had no Horse Artillery; and the rapid and secret march to the rear of the laager might have been impossible with field-guns.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungThere were twelve thousand men in the camp and eight hundred in the laager.
The Escape of a Princess Pat | George PearsonI sent some burghers in advance to see what was happening to the Pretoria laager.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War | Ben Viljoen.I saw the unhappy four the following day on their way back to a laager under guard.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for laager
lager
/ (ˈlɑːɡə) /
(in Africa) a camp, esp one defended by a circular formation of wagons
military a place where armoured vehicles are parked
to form (wagons) into a laager
(tr) to park (armoured vehicles) in a laager
Origin of laager
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