Definition of Quarterings

1. Noun. (plural of quartering) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quarterings

1. quartering [n] - See also: quartering

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quarterings

quarterboys
quarterdeck
quarterdecks
quartered
quarterer
quarterers
quarterfinal
quarterfinalist
quarterfinalists
quarterfinals
quarterfoil
quarterfoils
quarterhorse
quarterhorses
quartering
quarterings (current term)
quarterless
quarterlies
quarterlight
quarterly
quarterly court
quartermaster
quartermaster general
quartermasters
quartermistress
quartermistresses
quartern
quarternary
quarternary structure
quarterns

Literary usage of Quarterings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"quarterings of the Savage family, which have been concealed since 1740; also a portion of a beautiful oak choir stall-end (which has had a revolving seat), ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Prior d'Inghilterra, a description, with an engraving,' of one of the quarterings " dell' Arme propria delhi cana eun, ci' ¡mûr. nobiltà in quella Isola [d* ..."

3. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year (1907)
"COMMUNICATIONS EXEMPLIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION OF THE BOOTH ARMS AND quarterings BY ROBERT COOKE, ESQUIRE, ... The quarterings are : (i) Booth ..."

4. Visitation of England and Wales by Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1896)
"Lees quarterings. quarterings on record in the College of Arms.—ist and 4th, LEES ; 2nd, Argent, on a bend inverted with plain ..."

5. The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire by Joseph Tilley (1893)
"[We take it the Longford quarterings should be added ... This Conspectus may be only approximately correct as to number of quarterings, but we believe it is ..."

6. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"PLATE V As Mr. Van de Put remarks about another dish with similar heraldic device, "The inversion of the Castillan quarterings is probably an artistic ..."

7. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Hispanic Society of America, Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"... As Mr. Van de Put remarks about another dish with similar heraldic device, "The inversion of the Castilian quarterings is probably an artistic license. ..."

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