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Meaning of quartering

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

quartering

verb

Definitions

  1. To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

  2. To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.

    Example: Quarter the horses in the third stable.

  3. To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

  4. To quartersaw.

verb

Definitions

  1. To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

noun

Definitions

  1. A division into four parts.

  2. The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.

  3. The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.

  4. The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.

  2. At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.