cantonment
noun/kænˈtuːnmənt/
/kænˈtɑːnmənt/
- a military camp, especially a permanent British military camp in India in the pastWord Originmid 18th cent.: from French cantonnement, from cantonner ‘to quarter’, related to medieval Latin cantus ‘corner, side’.
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