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Definition of: cantonment
(kan·ton′mənt, -tōn′-, kan′tən· mənt; Brit, kan·tn′mənt) noun
1. A group of wooden buildings for housing troops; a military station
2. The act of cantoning troops. [<F cantonnement <cantonner quarter]
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