Noun
A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.
Source: Webster's dictionarywherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling Source: Internet
He said that there are about 78,500 security personnel currently registered at the various cantonment sites, barracks and training centres. Source: Internet
Boko Haram also claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion at the Mammy market inside a Mogadishu military cantonment popularly called Abacha Barracks in Abuja on New Year’s Eve in 2010, killing nearly 10 people. Source: Internet
Bilal Ahmed, the Birmingham-born suicide bomber who drove his explosive-laden car into the Badamibagh army cantonment in Kashmir in December 2000 killing six Indian soldiers, belonged to the group that followed Omar Sheikh. Source: Internet
As the first sounds of gunfire were heard from the approach out of the cantonment, his elder daughter Hasina remembered, Mujib sent out a message through wireless proclaiming Bangladesh’s independence. Source: Internet
Kiir directed the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Kuol Manyang Juuk to take charge for the implementation of the cantonment order. Source: Internet