quartering

verb

Meaning

To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
To quartersaw.
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.
A division into four parts.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
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.
A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.

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