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
The mountains were covered with cattle from the laagers about Glencoe Station.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War | Ben Viljoen.After some heavy firing the laagers, which had been completely surprised, were captured with all their tents, etc.
The Record of a Regiment of the Line | M. JacsonWe passed a bush and struck the source of the odour, a dead ox; and promptly apologised to the laagers.
The Matabele Campaign | R. S. S. Baden-PowellHowever, the balloon reports the presence of laagers of ten commandoes in sight.
Ladysmith | H. W. NevinsonThe Boer laagers have increased in size, and are not so carefully hidden.
Ladysmith | H. W. Nevinson
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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