cantonment
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word cantonment. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word cantonment, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say cantonment in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word cantonment you have here. The definition of the word cantonment will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcantonment, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From French cantonnement.
Pronunciation
Noun
cantonment (plural cantonments)
- Temporary military living quarters.
- A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 220:
- The cantonments, it transpired, were singularly ill-sited for defence, being built on low, marshy ground, overlooked by hills on all sides.
- (India) A permanent military station.
See also
cantonment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- “cantonment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.