English Dictionary

cantonment

/kanˈtɒnmənt/

noun

Temporary military living quarters. / A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters. / (India) A permanent military station.

The soldiers were stationed at the cantonment during their training.

意味（1）

Temporary military living quarters.

意味（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.

意味（3）

(India) A permanent military station.