quartering
quartering Lexical Profile
quartering Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The assignment or provision of lodging and shelter, especially the compulsory housing of soldiers in civilian homes.
"The Third Amendment of the United States Constitution strictly prohibits the peacetime quartering of troops in private residences without the owner's consent."
The act or process of dividing something into four equal parts.
"The recipe calls for the peeling, coring, and quartering of six large baking apples."
In heraldry, the division of a shield into four or more sections to display multiple coats of arms, or any one of the distinct divisions so formed.
"The noble family's crest featured a complex quartering that united the emblems of four ancestral houses."
• adjective
Coming from or directed at an angle of approximately 45 degrees off the stern or bow of a vessel, rather than directly ahead, astern, or abeam (especially of wind or waves).
"The captain adjusted the rudder to keep the sailboat steady against the strong quartering seas."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'quarter', from Old French 'quartier' and Latin 'quartarius' ('a fourth part'), combined with the English suffix '-ing'.