can·ton·ment (k n-t n m nt, -t n-)n. 1. a. A group of temporary billets for troops. b. Assignment of troops to temporary quarters. 2. A permanent military installation in India. [From canton, to quarter soldiers.] |
cantonment [kənˈtuːnmənt]
n Military (esp formerly)
1. (Military) a large training camp
2. (Military) living accommodation, esp the winter quarters of a campaigning army
3. (Historical Terms) (Military) History a permanent military camp in British India
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| Noun | 1. |  cantonment - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"boot camp - camp for training military recruits hutment - an encampment of huts (chiefly military) military quarters - living quarters for personnel on a military post armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
Translations
cantonment
n → Truppenunterkunft f, → Kantonnement nt (old)
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