Lexic.us

Definition of Quartering

1. Noun. A coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages.

2. Noun. Living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel).

3. Noun. Dividing into four equal parts.

Definition of Quartering

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

2. n. A station.

Definition of Quartering

1. Verb. (present participle of quarter) ¹

2. Noun. The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen. ¹

3. Noun. The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces. ¹

4. Noun. (heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. ¹

5. Noun. (heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. ¹

6. Noun. (architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quartering

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quartering

1. 1. A station. 2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. 3. The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. 4. Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartering

quarterboy quarterboys quarterdeck quarterdecks quartered quarterer quarterers quarterfinal quarterfinalist quarterfinalists

quarterfinals quarterfoil quarterfoils quarterhorse quarterhorses quartering (current term) quarterings quarterless quarterlies quarterlight

quarterly quarterly court quartermaster quartermaster general quartermasters quartermistress quartermistresses quartern quarternary quarternary structure

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