laager /(la̤"gẽr [or] lä"gẽr)/

laa·ger

laager

n.
  1. A camp, especially one surrounded by a circular formation of travelers' wagons for temporary defense. [South Africa]
    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.

Laager

v. t. & i.
  1. To form into, or camp in, a laager, or protected camp.