quarterern.

1595 A. Golding tr. J. Hurault Politicke, Moral, & Martial Disc. ii. xiii. 352 Nero..did cut off that gaine, and brought it to a fourth part, whereof they were euer after called Quarterers, because they had a quarter of the goods that were so excheated.

1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 66 If these quarterers offer violence..they are protected.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1040 A quarterer or hang-man.

1737 ‘Alexander the Coppersmith’ Remarks upon City of Corke 53 This practice of raising Money from Quarterers by consent incurs the penalty of an Act of Parliament.

a1802 Dk. Athole's Nurse ix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 152 Had you a quarterer here last night,..We are come to clear his lawing.

1881 W. Gregor Notes Folk-lore N.-E. Scotl. 57 Now and again there was a quarterer in the family..Within that district there were certain houses at which they invariably lodged or quartered.

1931 J. H. Hall Holy Man 48 Do you mind hearing of the quarterer gypsies that used to go from croft to croft in the old days?

1991 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army (rev. ed.) xxx. 482 Salisbury Plain is not really big enough to train a single armoured regiment realistically, and the quarterers at HQ UK Land Forces usually have only two spare barracks.

1995 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 8 Jan. 1 e The complete 19th century kitchen included ‘appliances’ such as..an early juicer, and..an apple peeler–corer–quarterer.

1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader vii. 209 When the shooter facing No. 2 trap gets a quarterer to the left from No. 5.

1900 N.Y. Times 2 Jan. 9 Thomas missed his twenty-first, a left quarterer with the speed of a wild duck.

1926 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 23 July 2 Mr Butler's twenty-fifth [bird], a..right-quarterer, fell dead about two feet beyond the boundary line.