laager
To arrange in a circular formation for defence.
transitive
At the foot of this isolated mount, whereof the aspect somehow filled me with alarm, we camped on the night of January 21, taking no precautions against attack by way of laagering the wagons.
To camp in a circular formation.
intransitive
That evening, we laagered close to a large open area covered with elephant grass about six feet high.
Where it comes from
From South African Dutch lager (“camp”) (modern Afrikaans laer), from German Lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lager and lair.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry laager (CC BY-SA 4.0).