Word Meanings - LAAGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons for temporary defense. 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.

Additional info about word: LAAGER

A camp, esp. one with an inclosure of travelers' wagons for temporary defense. 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.

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