laager
noun
- camp, especially: an encampment protected by a circle of wagons or armored vehicles
- a defensive position, policy, or attitude
verb
- to form (vehicles) into a laager
- to make camp
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɑː.ɡə/ / /ˈli.ɡəɹ/
noun
Etymology: From South African Dutch lager (“camp”) (modern Afrikaans laer), from German Lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lager and lair.
- A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers.
“Wagons […] can be readily formed into a laager, a camp, by being drawn into a circle, with the oxen placed inside and so kept safe from the attacks of wild beasts.”
““And for how long d'you think you're going to be safe in the cities?” Louis persisted. “Just a matter of time, then our frontiers will shrink as we draw our little laager more and more tightly.””
- A temporary formation of armoured vehicles for resupply.
verb
Etymology: From South African Dutch lager (“camp”) (modern Afrikaans laer), from German Lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lager and lair.
- To arrange in a circular formation for defence.
“At the foot of this isolated mount, whereof the aspect somehow filled me with alarm, we camped on the night of January 21, taking no precautions against attack by way of laagering the wagons.”
- To camp in a circular formation.
“That evening, we laagered close to a large open area covered with elephant grass about six feet high.”