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† enˈquarter, v. Obs.
Also 7 inquarter.
[f. en-1 + quarter n. Cf. Ger. einquartieren, = sense 1.]
1. trans. To put (troops) into quarters; to billet. Also absol.
1642Charles I Declar. about Brentford 10 Part of it [the army] was inquartered at Brainford. 1673H. Stubbe Further Vind. Dutch War To Rdr. 9 Neither could the Captain General..enquarter in any City, without the Consent of the Province.
2. Her. To place (armorial bearings) in a quarter of the shield; to quarter.
1622–62Heylin Cosmogr. i. (1682) 204 Varying the Coat of France, which they enquartered with their own. 1635Brereton Trav. (1844) 135 The arms of this see..and Bishop Hampton's own coat arms enquartered together.
Hence enˈquartering vbl. n., the action of placing (troops) in quarters, or of going into quarters.
1639Lawes & Ord. Warre 14 Their marching, retreating, or enquartering in or thorow any townes or countryes. |