How do you spell Cantoned


 Definitions

Available Definitions:
1)  a. - Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.
2)  a. - Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.
3)  n. - A small community or clan.
4)  n. - A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement .
5)  n. - A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
6)  v. i. - To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
7)  v. i. - To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.