cantonmentn.

/kanˈtɒnmənt/

/kanˈtuːnmənt/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s cantoonment.

Etymology: < French cantonnement, < cantonner : see canton v. and -ment suffix.

1. The cantoning or quartering of troops.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun]

quarterage1577

enquartering1639

billeting1640

cantonment1760

cantoning1844

1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 35 No places of cantonment for soldiers.

2. The place of lodging assigned to a section of a force when cantoned out; also (often in plural) the place or places of encampment formed by troops for a more permanent stay in the course of a campaign, or while in winter quarters; ‘in India the permanent military stations are so termed’ (Stocqueler Mil. Encycl.).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters

lodging1475

quarter1570

allodgement1598

lodgement1598

cantonment1756

billet1830

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 554 They repaired to their respective cantonments.

1777 W. Heath in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 338 Every purpose..has been answered, by the troops in their present cantonment.

1813 Duke of Wellington Let. 22 Nov. in Dispatches (1838) XI. 311 The distress of the Spanish troops..induced me to order them into cantonments within the Spanish frontier.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 270 No Officer is on any account to sleep out of Camp or Cantonments without leave.

1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. v. 287 To withdraw from the cantonment to the Residency.

3. transferred. Quarters; places of occupation.

ΚΠ

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 166 All hands now set to work to prepare a winter cantonment.

1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism 227 The Mammalia, whose extraction may be inferred..from a comparison of their present cantonments..with the encampments of their former kindred.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cantonment
释义	cantonmentn. /kanˈtɒnmənt//kanˈtuːnmənt/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s cantoonment. Etymology: < French cantonnement, < cantonner : see canton v. and -ment suffix. 1. The cantoning or quartering of troops. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] quarterage1577 enquartering1639 billeting1640 cantonment1760 cantoning1844 1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 35 No places of cantonment for soldiers. 2. The place of lodging assigned to a section of a force when cantoned out; also (often in plural) the place or places of encampment formed by troops for a more permanent stay in the course of a campaign, or while in winter quarters; ‘in India the permanent military stations are so termed’ (Stocqueler Mil. Encycl.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters lodging1475 quarter1570 allodgement1598 lodgement1598 cantonment1756 billet1830 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 554 They repaired to their respective cantonments. 1777 W. Heath in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 338 Every purpose..has been answered, by the troops in their present cantonment. 1813 Duke of Wellington Let. 22 Nov. in Dispatches (1838) XI. 311 The distress of the Spanish troops..induced me to order them into cantonments within the Spanish frontier. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 270 No Officer is on any account to sleep out of Camp or Cantonments without leave. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. v. 287 To withdraw from the cantonment to the Residency. 3. transferred. Quarters; places of occupation. ΚΠ 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 166 All hands now set to work to prepare a winter cantonment. 1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism 227 The Mammalia, whose extraction may be inferred..from a comparison of their present cantonments..with the encampments of their former kindred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1756
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