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cantonment

noun

  1. military residential quarters, temporary or permanent
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kanˈtɒnmənt/ / /kanˈtuːnmənt/

noun

Etymology: From French cantonnement.

  1. Temporary military living quarters.

    On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters.

  2. A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.

    The cantonments, it transpired, were singularly ill-sited for defence, being built on low, marshy ground, overlooked by hills on all sides.

  3. A permanent military station.