What does "quartering" mean?
Quartering: (Mach.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
Additional senses
- 2.A station. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.
- 3.Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
- 4.(Her.) (a) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. (b) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
- 5.(Arch.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) Gwilt. Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. Macaulay.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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