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[ kwawr-ter-ing ] / ˈkwɔr tər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR quartering ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that quarters. the assignment of quarters or lodgings. Heraldry. - the division of an escutcheon into quarters.
- the marshaling of various coats of arms on an escutcheon.
- any of the coats of arms so marshaled.
adjectivethat quarters. lying at right angles. Nautical. (of a wind) blowing on a ship's quarter. Origin of quarteringFirst recorded in 1585–95; quarter + -ing1, -ing2 Words nearby quarteringquarter grain, quarter hollow, quarter-hoop, quarter horse, quarter-hour, quartering, quarterlife crisis, quarterlight, quarterly, quartermaster, Quartermaster Corps Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quarteringA short list might be made of English poets who witnessed with their own eyes a hanging, drawing, and quartering. The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|August 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST The task of investigating the abuses in the quartering of the officers devolved on two citizens, called Schuch and Czarnecki. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various Meanwhile the punishment of beheading and quartering had been executed on a wooden effigy in Copenhagen. Memoirs of Leonora Christina|Leonora Christina Ulfeldt His arbitrary conduct in quartering his officers in Albany and New York. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2|Edgerton Ryerson
Meanwhile preparations were made for quartering and feeding the troops. A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene In the succeeding year he vigorously opposed the act laying a duty on tea, and that for quartering British troops in the colonies. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia|Charles Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for quartering
nounmilitary the allocation of accommodation to service personnel heraldry - the marshalling of several coats of arms on one shield, usually representing intermarriages
- any coat of arms marshalled in this way
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