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Rarequartering
The correct spelling is quartering.
How to pronounce quartering
verb
Say it like: Kwa-rte-rin-g
The correct spelling is quartering. To divide into quarters; to divide by four. For example: "Quarter the horses in the third stable."
Usage Examples
“Quarter the horses in the third stable.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- 2.To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- 3.To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- 4.To quartersaw.
- 5.To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
noun
- 1.A division into four parts.
- 2.The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
- 3.The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
- 4.The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
- 5.One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
adjective
- 1.Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
- 2.At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
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