engarrison
English
Etymology
Verb
engarrison (third-person singular simple present engarrisons, present participle engarrisoning, simple past and past participle engarrisoned)
- (archaic, transitive) To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.
- 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
- Those strangers were no otherwise engaged, than as they, that would hold fair correspondence with the citizens, where they were engarrisoned.
References
- “engarrison”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.