[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
cantoned cantoning 

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