"quartering" in the noun sense
1. quartering
a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
2. quartering
living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
3. quartering
dividing into four equal parts
"quartering" in the verb sense
1. quarter, billet, canton
provide housing for (military personnel)
2. draw, quarter, draw and quarter
pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
3. quarter
divide into quarters
"quarter an apple"
4. quarter
divide by four divide into quarters
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