LAAGER

Laa″ger (la̤″gẽr or lä″gẽr), n. [[D., also leger. Cf. 2d Leaguer, Lair.]] 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.