Definisjon av cantonment

Vi fant 5 definisjoner av cantonmentengelsk.

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Noun

cantonment - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
camp, encampment, bivouac
military quarters living quarters for personnel on a military post
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
boot camp camp for training military recruits
hutment an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
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Substantiv

cantonment - Temporary military living quarters.
cantonment - A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.
cantonment - A permanent military station.

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  • A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district. In Southern Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations.

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