quartering noun 9adjective 3forms 1 noun9 •A division into four parts.Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes. — 1994 •The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces. •The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. •The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen. •Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quartering' the field. •One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. •(historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes). •A point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground.The arch failed first at the crown, then at the quarterings, and finally at the springings. — 1941 •A series of quarters, or small upright posts. adjective3 •Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object. •Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component. •At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other. formsquarterings
