laager

noun

A defensive encampment encircled by armored vehicles or wagons.

intransitive verb

To camp in a defensive encirclement.

noun

In South Africa, an encampment; an inclosure for temporary defense formed of the wagons of a traveling party.

To arrange in such a way as to form a defensive inclosure; arrange so as to form a laager.

To halt and form a laager; encamp in a laager.