cantonment

English

From French cantonnement.

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 2010, p. 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.

单词	cantonment
释义	cantonment English Etymology From French cantonnement. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /kanˈtɒnmənt/, IPA^(key): /kanˈtuːnmənt/ 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 2010, p. 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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