cantonment
noun
- military residential quarters, temporary or permanent
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kanˈtɒnmənt/ / /kanˈtuːnmənt/
noun
Etymology: From French cantonnement.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- A permanent military station.