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quartering   (TTS Sound)

The noun quartering has 3 senses

• quartering -- (a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages)


• quartering -- (living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel))


• quartering -- (dividing into four equal parts)

The verb quarter has 4 senses

• quarter, billet, canton -- (provide housing for (military personnel))


• draw, quarter, draw and quarter -- (pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes")


• quarter -- (divide into quarters; "quarter an apple")


• quarter -- (divide by four; divide into quarters)