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Definition of Laager
1. Noun. A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
Generic synonyms: Bivouac, Camp, Cantonment, Encampment
Geographical relationships: Republic Of South Africa, South Africa
Definition of Laager
1. n. A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons for temporary defense.
2. v. t. & i. To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp.
Definition of Laager
1. Noun. A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers. ¹
2. Noun. (military) A temporary formation of armoured vehicles for resupply. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laager
1. to form a defensive encampment [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laager
Literary usage of Laager
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia: Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland by Frederick Courteney Selous (1896)
"ON our return to Bulawayo, we found that a very strong laager had been formed
... The Bulawayo laager was probably the strongest ever constructed in South ..."
2. Fifty Years of the History of the Republic in South Africa (1795-1845) by Johan Carel Voigt (1899)
"Commandant Cilliers found that (inclusive of boys of the age of twelve and
thirteen) he had available for the defence of his laager a force of forty in all. ..."
3. An Irregular Corps in Matabeleland by Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer (1897)
"APPENDIX I. FORM OF laager ON GUAI PATROL. There were sixteen wagons with the
column. Fig. l shows the laager as formed for the night. ..."
4. With "Bobs" and Krüger: Experiences and Observations of an American War by Frederic William Unger (1901)
"The number of Boers in the laager was a matter of much speculation ... Despite the
terrific bombardment, the number of men killed in the laager was only 87. ..."
5. A History of Rhodesia by Howard Hensman (1900)
"THE Shangani was crossed in safety, and a double laager was formed and protected
by thorn-bushes. As the column had approached the river a number of ..."
6. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1876)
"But, meantime, it was going hard with our people in the farthest laager ; the shots
... Old Jacob Van der Sell was in command of our laager; the old man was ..."
7. All Adventure: Allan's Wife/Marie by H. Rider Haggard (2001)
"Why had I been drawn out of the laager and seized, and why, being seized, was I
not instantly killed? They called me the "White Spirit. ..."
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