cantonment
noun /kænˈtuːnmənt/
/kænˈtɑːnmənt/
- a military camp, especially a permanent British military camp in India in the past
军队驻地;军队营房;(尤指旧时英军驻印度的)永久性兵站 词源mid 18th cent.: from French cantonnement, from cantonner ‘to quarter’, related to medieval Latin cantus ‘corner, side’.