garrison
noun
a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
ungarrisoned
-
a word derived from
garrison.
Example Sentences
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And the focus of these three armies and of Butler's, Johnson's, and McDonald's renegades and Indians was this unhappy county of Tryon, torn already with internal dissensions; unarmed, unprovisioned, unorganized, almost ungarrisoned.
From The Maid-At-Arms by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Henceforth these corps were recruited principally from the provinces in which they were stationed, and consequently freedom from the levy was extended to the ungarrisoned provinces, Baetica, Narbonese Gaul, Achaia and Asia.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
At the mouth of the river are the Bogue Forts, which played such a part in the English war of 1841, but which were sadly battered, and now lie dismantled and ungarrisoned.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Nor is there anything formidable behind them: ungarrisoned forts; colonies of old men; municipal towns distempered and distracted between unjust masters and ill- obeying subjects.
From The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus
She did not seem apprehensive about leaving the shop ungarrisoned.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
