Noun quartering has 3 senses
  1. quartering - a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
    --1 is a kind of
    coat of arms, arms, blazon, blazonry
  2. quartering - living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
    --2 is a kind of
    housing, lodging, living accommodations
    Derived form: verb quarter1
  3. quartering - dividing into four equal parts
    --3 is a kind of
    division
    Derived forms: verb quarter3, verb quarter4
,Verb quarter has 4 senses
  1. quarter, billet, canton - provide housing for (military personnel)
    --1 is one way to lodge, accommodate
    Derived forms: noun quarters1, noun quartering2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. 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"
    --2 is one way to kill
    Derived form: noun quarter1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. quarter - divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
    --3 is one way to
    segment, section
    Derived forms: noun quarter1, noun quartering3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. quarter - divide by four; divide into quarters
    --4 is one way to
    divide, fraction
    Derived form: noun quartering3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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