incantoning

English

Etymology

in- +‎ canton +‎ -ing

Noun

incantoning (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, rare) union or division into cantons.
   • 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     fearing the protestant interest might receive by it too great a strengthening , proposed at the same time the incantoning of Constance as a counterpoise

References

• “incanton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.