THE GULF WAR : Definitions: Cantonment
In U.S. military briefings recently, officials referred to a “CANTONMENT” area in which Iraqi tanks were destroyed. Later, other officials remarked that a cantonment area was a place where military vehicles are repaired. Cantonment comes from the French word cantonnement and is defined as “the assignment of troops to temporary quarters,” or as a term to describe “the quarters assigned.”
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