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