0 a group of soldiers living in or defending a town or building, or the buildings that the soldiers live in: --
1 to put a group of soldiers in a place in order to live there and defend it: --
Troops are garrisoned in the area.
2 a group of soldiers living in or defending a town or building, or the buildings that the soldiers live in --
I believe we can cut down the expense of garrisoning the islands by improving the airfield.
The garrisons of two smaller forts did the same.
He explained to us that our garrisons inflicted great damage on the enemy.
There has been constant upheaval, with reorganisation of headquarters and garrisons, and the creation of many civilian agencies.
The forces which a nation such as ours requires are not a totting up of garrisons in different parts of the world.
The maintenance of garrisons abroad raises problems and requires qualities and conditions which are not reconcilable with the short-term service characteristic of national compulsory armies.
There have been charges for garrisoning, but not for the actual conduct of affairs, and it is important, if possible, to maintain that principle.
In our various commitments and possessions overseas we need small garrisons to act as a deterrent and to have something on the spot immediately.
