[quar.ter.ing] n (15c) 1 a: the division of an escutcheon containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments b: a quarter of an escutcheon or the coat of arms on it
2: a line of usu. noble or distinguished ancestry
[2]quartering adj (ca. 1692) 1: coming from a point well abaft the beam of a ship but not directly astern "~ waves"
2: lying at right angles