1. Plural of caserne; military barracks or garrison buildings where soldiers are housed.
Usage: Chiefly historical or in military contexts; More common in French; rare in modern English

Examples

• The soldiers marched from the casernes at dawn.
• The old casernes were converted into apartments after the military base closed.
• During the occupation, the casernes housed hundreds of troops.
• The casernes overlooked the valley below the fortress.