cantonment

[ kan-ton-muh nt, -tohn-; especially British kan-toon-muh nt ]

/ kænˈtɒn mənt, -ˈtoʊn-; especially British kænˈtun mənt /

a camp, usually of large size, where men are trained for military service.

military quarters.

the winter quarters of an army.

Origin of cantonment

1750–60; < French cantonnement, equivalent to cantonne(r) to quarter troops (see canton) + -ment -ment

We have there a cantonment, and thither I went for the mere sake of the surgeon and the sticking-plaster.

Burlesques |William Makepeace Thackeray
Out of the Cantonment they were whirled, and eastward into the old city, where constricted streets refused passage to any vehicle.

Caravans By Night |Harry Hervey
A few days afterward Mr. Cerre, with the remainder of his men, likewise arrived at the cantonment.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville |Washington Irving
The cantonment was in the form of a parallelogram, with the Bimaru heights running along, and protecting, the northern side.

Forty-one years in India |Frederick Sleigh Roberts

The clearing of the sites was no mean part of the cantonment job.

America's Munitions 1917-1918 |Benedict Crowell

cantonment

/ (kənˈtuːnmənt) /

a large training camp

living accommodation, esp the winter quarters of a campaigning army

history a permanent military camp in British India