# laager

Pronunciation: US say "LAH-ger" /ˈlɑ.ɡɚ/; UK say "LAH-guh" /ˈlɑː.ɡə/

## Noun

1. A defensive camp formed by drawing wagons into a circle around it, used especially by South African Boers.
   - Simple: A camp kept safe by a circle of wagons placed around it.
   - _The settlers pulled their wagons into a laager as night fell._
   - _By dawn the laager had held against repeated raids._
4. A temporary formation of armored vehicles brought together for refueling, rearming, and resupply.
   - Simple: A short-term grouping of armored vehicles brought together to take on supplies.
   - _The squadron withdrew to a laager behind the lines to take on ammunition and fuel._
   - _Each laager was struck within an hour so the column could advance._

## Verb

2. To make camp in a circular formation, typically for protection.
   - Simple: To set up camp with wagons or vehicles placed in a circle.
   - _The convoy laagered for the night beside the river._
   - _At dusk the soldiers laager near the only water source._
3. To draw wagons or vehicles into a circle to defend a position.
   - Simple: To put wagons or vehicles into a circle to keep a camp safe.
   - _The captain laagered the wagons before the storm broke._
   - _They laager the trucks each night to guard the supplies._

## Origin

From South African Dutch lager ("camp"), now Afrikaans laer, which came from German Lager, from Middle High German leger, Old High German legar, and ultimately Proto-Germanic *legrą. It is a doublet of lager and lair.

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