cantonment Hear it!

cantonment definition

can·ton·ment (kan tän′mənt, -tōn′-; Brit kən to̵̅o̅n′-)

noun

  1. the assignment of troops to temporary quarters
  2. the quarters assigned

Etymology: Fr cantonnement: see canton

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.