Look up: Quartering

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   quartering
   [n] - a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon 2. [n] - living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) 3. [n] - dividing into four equal parts
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   quartering
   wind that blows from a direction half way between abeam and astern Category: General
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   quartering
   Type of veneering using four pieces of wood with the same grain pattern to form a surface; each quarter has a pattern that is a mirror image of the one alongside.
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   Quartering
   Quar'ter·ing adjective 1. (Nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object. 2. (Machinery) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
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   Quartering
   Quar'ter·ing noun 1. A station. [ Obsolete] Bp. Montagu. 2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. 3. (Her.) (a) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. (b) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. 4. (Architectur ...
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   quartering
   1. A station. ... 2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. ... 3. The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. ... 4. Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quarter ...
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   quartering
   noun dividing into four equal parts
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   quartering
   noun living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
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   Quartering
   `Quartering` may refer to: * dividing into four parts: ** For quartering as a punishment see Hanged, drawn and quartered. ** For quartering of shields in heraldry see Quartering (heraldry). * providing quarters (as in a place to stay): **The Quartering Acts required American civilians to provide quarters for British soldiers.
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    Quartering
    • (n.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quartter • (n.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) • (a.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each ...
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    quartering
    (from the article `heraldry`) In the quarterings and the marshaling (arrangement of more than one coat of arms on the same shield), the position of heiresses must be considered ...
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    quartering
    (from the article `logistics`) The provision of military facilities, as distinct from fortification, did not become a large and complex sphere of logistic activity until the ...
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