Lexic.us

Definition of Quartering

1. Noun. A coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages.

2. Noun. Living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel).

3. Noun. Dividing into four equal parts.

Definition of Quartering

1. a. Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.

2. n. A station.

Definition of Quartering

1. Verb. (present participle of quarter) ¹

2. Noun. The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen. ¹

3. Noun. The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces. ¹

4. Noun. (heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. ¹

5. Noun. (heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. ¹

6. Noun. (architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quartering

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quartering

1. 1. A station. 2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. 3. 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. 4. Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartering

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quarterfinals quarterfoil quarterfoils quarterhorse quarterhorses quartering (current term) quarterings quarterless quarterlies quarterlight

quarterly quarterly court quartermaster quartermaster general quartermasters quartermistress quartermistresses quartern quarternary quarternary structure

Literary usage of Quartering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"HUME, Hutton Hall, Scotland, with the same quartering, all within a bordure arg ... 5798; quartering az. on a chev three mullets .... Yert a lion ramp. arg. ..."

2. The Antiquary (1871)
"J Lower rangt, I. Beauchamp, quartering Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, ... Ibid, quartering Neville for Lady Alice Montacute, stepdaughter of Duchess Alice, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The practice of marshalling arms by quartering spread in England by reason of ... In 1340 we have Laurence Hastings, earl of Pembroke, quartering with the ..."

4. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Second quartering was intended for Scotland, » thistle in its proper color or an argent ... Fourth quartering was supposed to do honor to the French people. ..."

5. Select Charters and Other Documents Illustrative of American History, 1606-1775 by William MacDonald (1899)
"quartering Act April, 1765 FURTHER to carry into effect the plans of the ministry in reference to America, the annual Mutiny Act of 1765 authorized the ..."

6. The Antiquarian (1871)
"Ibid, quartering Neville for Lady Alice Montacute, stepdaughter of Duchess Alice, who married Sir ..."

7. Documentary Source Book of American History by William MacDonald (1916)
"quartering Act April, 1765 FURTHER to carry into effect the plans of the ministry in reference to America, the annual Mutiny Act of 1765 authorized the ..."

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