laager

Plurallaagers

Formslaagers, laagering, laagered

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A camp kept safe by a circle of wagons placed around it.

   Like making a wall around your camp by parking wagons in a circle.

   The travelers made a laager with their wagons to stay safe at night.

   Inside the laager, the families felt protected from attack.

   Similarencampment, camp

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2. 2
   verbintransitive

   To set up camp with wagons or vehicles placed in a circle.

   Like parking cars in a circle so the camp is safe in the middle.

   Each evening the wagons laager in a tight ring.

   They laagered on the open plain to feel safer.

   Similarcamp, encamp, bivouac

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To put wagons or vehicles into a circle to keep a camp safe.

   Like lining up wagons in a circle to make a fence around your camp.

   The men laagered their wagons in a tight ring at sunset.

   Always laager the carts when you stop for the night.

   Similarcircle

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A short-term grouping of armored vehicles brought together to take on supplies.

   Like a gas station stop where trucks fill up before driving on.

   The tanks pulled back to a laager to refuel and rearm.

   Supplies reached the crews inside the laager before dawn.

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