 2 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cantoned \Can"toned\, adjective
1. (Her.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; --
said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield
itself.
2. (Arch.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with,
projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier
or pilaster.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Canton \Can"ton\, verb (used without an object) [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.
They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the
intellectual world. --Locke.
2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different
parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
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