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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

laager

/(la̤"gẽr [or] lä"gẽr)/ · laa·ger · IPA /ˈlɑː.ɡə/
01 n. A camp, especially one surrounded by a circular formation of travelers' wagons for temporary defense.
  1. 1.
    A camp, especially one surrounded by a circular formation of travelers' wagons for temporary defense.[South Africa]
    “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.” — James Bryce.
Syn. lager.
02 v. t. & i. To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp.
  1. 1.
    To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp.