Cantonment
//kanˈtuːnmənt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Temporary military living quarters.
"On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters."
- 2 temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers wordnet
- 3 A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.
"The cantonments, it transpired, were singularly ill-sited for defence, being built on low, marshy ground, overlooked by hills on all sides."
- 4 A permanent military station. India
Example
More examples"On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters."
Etymology
From French cantonnement.
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