cantonment🔊

Temporary military living quarters.

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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.

Rudyard Kipling, Under the Deodars

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.

(India) A permanent military station.

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