garrison
part of speech
noun (a garrison, garrisons); verb (garrison, garrisons, garrisoned, garrisoning)
meaning for a pupil
1) A group of soldiers living in a town or fort to guard it. tree →
2) The fort, castle or town where these soldiers live. tree →
3) (verb) To put soldiers in a place to guard it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons garrisons appear with castles, Roman forts on Hadrian's Wall, and towns during wars and sieges. In stories a garrison defends a fortress against attackers. Phrases: a garrison town, the garrison surrendered, to garrison a fort.
examples
- The Romans kept a garrison at every fort along Hadrian's Wall. tree →
- The castle's garrison held out for three months. tree →
- Gibraltar was a British garrison town for centuries. tree →
- The king garrisoned the town with 500 soldiers. tree →
- When food ran out, the garrison surrendered. tree →
- A small garrison guarded the bridge. tree →
- His proposals were gladly accepted, and in a moment the whole of the garrison sank down as if they were dead, and Virgilius himself had much ado to keep awake. tree →
note
Countable noun: a garrison, two garrisons. Verb past: garrisoned. Spelling: double r, single s. A garrison is a group; you do not say «a garrison» for one soldier.
In the corpora
- And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it.
- And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.
- Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David, and brought presents.
- And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David.
- And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
Trees and pragmatics
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