or caserne
noun
Origin: Fr caserne < Prov cazerna, small hut; orig., small room in fortress for a military night watch < L quaterni: see quaternary
See casern in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also ca·serne
nounOrigin:
Origin: French caserne
Origin: , from Old French, small room for the night watch
Origin: , from Old Provençal cazerna, group of four men
Origin: , from Latin quaterna, four together
Origin: , from Latin quaternī, by four; see quaternion
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