Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quartering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quartter \Quart"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quartered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Quartering}.]
1. To divide into four equal parts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quartering \Quar"ter*ing\, a.
1. (Naut.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not
directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.
2. (Mach.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive,
which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quartering \Quar"ter*ing\, n.
1. A station. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu.
2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
3. (Her.)
(a) The division of a shield containing different coats of
arms into four or more compartments.
(b) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an
escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
4. (Arch.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See
{Quarter}, n., 1
(m) (Arch.) --Gwilt.
{Quartering block}, a block on which the body of a condemned
criminal was quartered. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quartering
n 1: a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon;
combining four coats of arms on one shield usually
represented intermarriages
2: living accommodations (especially those assigned to military
personnel)
3: dividing into four equal parts
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