Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Marooning.]

[See Maroon a fugitive slave.]

To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.]

--Bartlett.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)