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cantonments

cantonments is the plural of cantonment.

Meaning of cantonment

Noun

cantonment (plural cantonments)

  1. 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.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 145
  2. 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.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 220
  3. (India, Pakistan) A permanent military station.

Questions about cantonments

What is cantonments the plural of?
Cantonments is the plural of cantonment.

Words near cantonments in the dictionary

  1. cantonize
  2. cantonized
  3. cantonizes
  4. cantonizing
  5. cantonment
  6. cantonments
  7. cantons
  8. cantoon
  9. cantoons
  10. Cantophone
  11. Cantophones

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