QUARTERN


Meaning of QUARTERN in English

/kwawr"teuhrn/ , n. Chiefly Brit.

a quarter, or a fourth part, esp. of certain weights and measures, as of a pound, ounce, peck, or pint.

[ 1250-1300; ME quartroun, quartron, quartern quarteron, deriv. of quart fourth. See QUART 1 ]

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