'Cantoning' definitions:

Definition of 'Cantoning'

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  • Canton \Can"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.] [Cf. F.cantonner.]
  • 1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. [1913 Webster]
  • They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. [1913 Webster]