cantonment
cantonment
definition
noun
The entry of vehicles on the roads opposite cantonments has been restricted.
a military garrison or camp.
example
Meanwhile, the Raising day of the 15 Corps of the Army was celebrated with traditional fervour at the Badami Bagh 'cantonment' here.
The corps is all set to expand the green cover at the 'cantonment' .
But as water became scarce in the dry season, Maoists from the nearby 'cantonment' started taking the water.
Lord Carrington, the British foreign secretary, hoping thereby to preserve a white 'cantonment' , floated the idea of partitioning South Africa just before Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
The second test of their commitment to making the transition was the comprehensive peace agreement and 'cantonment' of combatants.
In the mid-1950s we stayed in a barrack of houses in the 'cantonment' of Delhi.
Yet, I am not permitted to enter certain restricted areas like the 'cantonment' .
The Corps of Engineers built wooden structured training facilities, then called 'cantonments' , throughout the United States.
The most important element in security sector reform is securing the future of Maoist soldiers residing in 'cantonments' .
Instead, U.S. forces generally remain penned up in formidable 'cantonments' .
The entry of vehicles on the roads opposite 'cantonments' has been restricted.
The Sepoys in India in 1857 who rebelled against their British officers often invaded the British 'cantonments' and attacked their women.
Having grown up in British 'cantonments' as the son of an army officer, I knew how the British lived in India.
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