- (cantonment) camp: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
- A cantonment (or) is a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters.Oxford English Dictionary cantonment The word cantonment is derived from the French word '' meaning corner or district''. In Southern Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations. ...
- (Cantonment) Place where an army is housed in barracks.
- (Cantonment) A large site upon which temporary buildings are erected.
- Soldier's quarters in towns and villages.