quartering

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, quarter) .
  2. Noun.  The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
  3. Noun.  The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
  4. Noun.  (heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
  5. Noun.  (heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
  6. Noun.  (architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.

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