† enquarterv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To put (troops) into quarters; to billet. Also absol.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > quarter (troops) [verb (transitive)]
furry1579
quarter1588
billet1599
cantonize1626
enquarter1642
canton1700
1642 King Charles I Declar. about Brentford 10 Part of it [the army] was inquartered at Brainford.
1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands To Rdr. 9 Neither could the Captain General..enquarter in any City, without the Consent of the Province.
2. Heraldry To place (armorial bearings) in a quarter of the shield; to quarter.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > exhibit armorial bearings [verb (transitive)] > combine coats of arms > quarter
quarter1605
enquarter1652
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. S Varying the Coat of France, which they enquartered with their own.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 135 The arms of this see..and Bishop Hampton's own coat arms enquartered together.
Derivatives
enˈquartering n. the action of placing (troops) in quarters, or of going into quarters.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun]
quarterage1577
enquartering1639
billeting1640
cantonment1760
cantoning1844
1639 Lawes & Ord. Warre 14 Their marching, retreating, or enquartering in or thorow any townes or countryes.
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