cantoning, vbl. n.
The action of the vb. canton; † concr. a portion, fragment (obs.).
| 1622–62 Heylin Cosmogr. i. (1682) 190 The dismembring and cantoning of this fair Estate. 1625 Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsarem 8 Popular cantonings of dismembred scripture. 1844 Regul. & Ord. Army 73 Quartering, Billeting, and Cantoning of Troops. |