Definition of "garrisoning" [garrisoning]

• Present participle of garrison. (verb)

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• "'The Pastoralist Executive at Tunumburra have asked us cattle-owners who – are more likely to be let alone than the sheep-men, to help in garrisoning the sheep-stations; and I've promised to ride over to Breeza Downs to-morrow and do my share in protecting the place."
• "It was this belief in “Great Game” efforts to install Our Guy as the motive force in foreign policy that led us to hire a bunch of Talibuddies to guard the back door at Tora Bora while there were 30,000 American troops garrisoning Kabul."
• "This is why they had 30,000 troops garrisoning Kabul on the day the Talibuddies we hired escorted bin Laden from Tora Bora."