cantonment
Example Sentences
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A few walked alone, their faces frozen in shock, as helicopters landed every few minutes on a football field inside the town's military cantonment, whipping up clouds of dust.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The incident occurred at Mathura cantonment railway station in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2022
The base lost contact with it around 20 minutes later, just before it was due to land in the cantonment town of Wellington.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2021
The remains were sent to Barrackpore, India, another British cantonment area and temporarily interred.
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2017
Figure 6 This cockade eagle, which is struck in thin brass and silvered, was excavated on the site of a War of 1812 cantonment.
From American Military Insignia 1800-1851 by J. Duncan Campbell
