Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lair

Lair (lâr) , noun

[Old English leir, Anglo-Saxon leger; akin to Dutch leger, German lager couch, lair, Old High German legar, Gothic ligrs, and to English lie. See Lie to be prostrate, and compare Layer, Leaguer.]

1.
A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.
2.
A burying place. [Scottish] — Jamieson
3.
A pasture; sometimes, food. [Obsolete] — Spenser