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acantonar

to billet

verb ah-kahn-toh-NAHR Rare
People & Society Military

Origin: From a- + cantón ('canton, district'), from French canton, from Italian cantone, 'corner, region'.

Also means

to canton troops

Usage Note

Acantonar is a military term meaning to quarter or billet troops in a defined area or town, distributing soldiers across cantonments. The noun acantonamiento refers to the quarters or cantonment itself. The verb is largely restricted to military and historical writing; it is not used in everyday civilian speech.

Examples

"El ejército acantonó sus fuerzas en la región fronteriza."

Natural Translation

The army billeted its forces in the border region.

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