laager

(lä′gər)

noun

South Afr. a temporary camp within an encircling barricade of wagons, etc.

Origin: Afrik < Ger lager, Du leger, a camp: see lair

transitive verb

to form into a laager

intransitive verb

to camp in a laager

See laager in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A defensive encampment encircled by armored vehicles or wagons.

intransitive verb laa·gered, laa·ger·ing, laa·gers

To camp in a defensive encirclement.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of obsolete Afrikaans lager

Origin: , probably from German Lager, camp, lair

Origin: , from Middle High German leger, bed, lair

Origin: , from Old High German legar; see legh- in Indo-European roots

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