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cantonment

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can·ton·ment  (kn-tnmnt, -tn-)
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cantonmentcantonment - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
bivouac, camp, encampment
boot camp - camp for training military recruits
hutment - an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
laager, lager - a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
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 [kənˈtuːnmənt] N → acantonamiento m
cantonment
n → Truppenunterkunft f, → Kantonnement nt (old)


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Rarely could the inmates of the cantonment boast of having made a full meal, and never of having wherewithal for the morrow.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
Her Ladyship, our old acquaintance, is as much at home at Madras as at Brussels in the cantonment as under the tents.
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And as each man reported himself, he said: "This is a bad business," and went about his own forthwith, for every Regiment and Battery in the cantonment was under canvas, the sickness bearing them company.
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