What is "garrison"

Garrison \Gar"ri*son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garrisoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Garrisoning.] (Mil.)

1. To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.

2. To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.

Garrison \Gar"ri*son\, n. [OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See Garnish.] (Mil.)

1. A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.

2. A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.

   In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison.

1560s, from garrison (n.). Related: Garrisoned; garrisoning.

c.1300, "store, treasure," from Old French garison "defense" (Modern French guérison "cure, recovery, healing") from garir "defend" (see garret). Meaning "fortified stronghold" is from early 15c.; that of "body of troops in a fortress" is from mid-15c., a sense taken over from Middle English garnison "body of armed men" (late 14c.), from Old French garnison "provision, munitions," from garnir "to furnish, provide."

n. 1 A permanent military post. 2 The troops stationed at such a post. 3 (context allusive English) Occupants. vb. 1 To assign troops to a military post. 2 To convert into a military fort. 3 To occupy with troops. example: 'Establishing a land bridge through Mariupol to Crimea would take tens of thousands of troops. So would garrisoning eastern Ukraine.', http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21615605-now-willing-use-russian-troops-more-or-less-openly-eastern-ukraine-vladimir-putin-has

1. n. a fortified military post where troops are stationed [syn: fort]

2. United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879) [syn: William Lloyd Garrison]

3. the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place

4. v. station (troops) in a fort or garrison

'''Garrison ''' (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. The garrison is usually in a city, town, fort, castle, ship or similar. "Garrison town" is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby.

The Garrison Metro-North Railroad station serves residents of Garrison, New York via the Hudson Line. Trains leave for New York City every hour on weekdays and about every 25 minutes during rush hour. It is 49.9 miles (80 km) from Grand Central Terminal and travel time to Grand Central is approximately one hour, 17 minutes.

It is known for its sweeping views of West Point across the river.

A garrison is a unit of troops or its headquarters.

Garrison can also refer to:

Garrison was a post-hardcore/ punk band based in Boston, Massachusetts from 1996-2004. Ed McNamara and Joe Grillo shared lead vocal, guitar, and songwriting duties. Their sound was largely influenced by early post-hardcore, most notably Drive Like Jehu, and also incorporated components of post punk, shoegaze, and emo. In their eight years, Garrison released two full-length albums, both on Revelation Records, as well as three EPs, two split EPs, and one early single released as a 7" vinyl record.

After officially disbanding in 2004, members of Garrison went on to play with Pointillist, Instruction, Fires, The Fly Seville, Gay for Johnny Depp, Campaign for Real-Time, The Rise Park, Placer, and Kill Verona.

A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the front. The traditional ornamentation is four carved drops (pineapple, strawberry or acorn shape) below the overhang. Garrisons usually have an exterior chimney at the end. Older versions have casement windows with small panes of glass, while later versions have double-hung windows. The second-story windows often are smaller than those on the first floor. Dormers often break through the cornice line.

Historically the term garrison means 1) a group of soldiers; 2) a defensive structure; 3) the location of a group of soldiers is assigned such as garrison house or garrison town. "The term garrison refers to the military or defensive character of a house" but not as heavily built as a blockhouse. "Garrisons, or fortified houses, were built in almost all New England towns and they were particularly common in the frontier towns of Maine and New Hampshire...Like an ordinary house in plan and appearance, garrisons were used in times of peace as one-family dwellings, but were strongly built and capable of protecting a number of families in times of danger." Construction methods typically used log walls or thick planks with a timber frame construction called plank frame construction or simply a plank house.

Garrison is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Carol Garrison (born 1952), President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2002 to 2012
• C. K. Garrison, entrepreneur and Mayor of San Francisco (1853–54)
• Fielding Hudson Garrison (1870–1935), American scholar of the history of medicine
• Ford Garrison (1915–2001), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Gary Garrison (born 1944), American professional football player
• Jason Garrison (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Jennifer Garrison (born 1962), American politician from Ohio
• Jim Garrison (1921–1992), Louisiana district attorney, investigator of John F. Kennedy assassination
• Jimmy Garrison (1933–1976), American jazz double bassist
• Matthew Garrison (born 1970), American jazz electric bassist
• Lane Garrison (born 1980), American actor
• Lindley Miller Garrison (1864–1932), US Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson
• Orestes Garrison (1813-1874), American politician
• Roger Garrison (born 1944), American economist
• Sean Garrison (born 1937), American actor
• Sidney Clarence Garrison (1885-1945), American educator and psychologist.
• T. Ed Garrison, Jr. (1922–2013), American farmer and politician
• Walt Garrison (born 1944), former National Football League player
• William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879), American abolitionist leader
• William F. Garrison, United States Army major general
• William Garrison (geographer) (born 1924), American civil engineer and geographer
• Zina Garrison (born 1963), former professional tennis player

Given name:

• Garrison Hearst (born 1971), American football running back
• Garrison Keillor (born 1942), American author and radio host of A Prairie Home Companion
• Garrison Sanborn (born 1985), American football long snapper

Fictional characters:

• C.J. Garrison, on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Clarke Garrison, on The Bold and the Beautiful
• Herbert Garrison, aka Mr./Mrs. Garrison, from the television program South Park
• Garrison Kane, in the Marvel Comics universe