QUARTERING

noun a station.

2. quartering ·noun assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.

3. quartering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of quartter.

4. quartering ·noun a series of quarters, or small upright posts. ·see quarter, ·noun, 1 (m) (arch.).

5. quartering ·noun the division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.

6. quartering ·noun one of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.

7. quartering ·adj coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern;

— said of waves or any moving object.

8. quartering ·adj at right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.