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