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What (who) is quartered - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Quartered; Quartering (disambiguation)
Quartered
·Impf & ·p.p. of Quartter.
II. Quartered ·add. ·adj Quarter-sawed;
- said of timber, commonly oak.
III. Quartered ·add. ·adj Furnished with quarters; provided with shelter or entertainment.
IV. Quartered ·add. ·adj Divided into four equal parts or quarters; separated into four parts or regions.
quartering
¦ noun
1. (quarterings) Heraldry the coats of arms on a shield denoting the marriages into a family of the heiresses of others.
2. the provision of lodgings, especially for troops.
3. division into quarters.
Quartering
·noun A Station.
II. Quartering ·noun Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
III. Quartering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Quartter.
IV. Quartering ·noun A series of quarters, or small upright posts. ·see Quarter, ·noun, 1 (m) (Arch.).
V. Quartering ·noun The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
VI. Quartering ·noun One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
VII. Quartering ·adj Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern;
- said of waves or any moving object.
VIII. Quartering ·adj At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
Wikipedia
Quartering
Quartering may refer to:
- Dividing into four parts:
- Dismemberment - a form of execution
- Hanged, drawn and quartered - another form of execution
- Quartering (heraldry)
- Coning and quartering a process for splitting of an analytic sample
- Quartering, a method in the assaying of gold; see Gold parting § Acid parting
- The Quartering Acts, requiring American civilians to provide living spaces for British soldiers prior to the American Revolution
Examples of use of quartered
1. At least nine of Washington‘s slaves also were quartered there.
2. He and his co–conspirators were hanged, drawn and quartered on January 31, 1606.
3. I shall be hung, drawn and quartered." And what about the future?
4. Ketziot is set up like a military camp, and security prisoners are quartered in tents.
5. The men and women of the 2/3 Field Artillery – aka "gunners" – are quartered in Uday Hussein‘s shelled pleasure palace.