quartering
noun
[ ˈkwɔːt(ə)rɪŋ ]
• the coats of arms marshalled on a shield to denote the marriages into a family of the heiresses of others.
• the provision of accommodation or lodgings, especially for troops.
• the action of dividing something into four parts.
quarter
verb
• divide into four equal or corresponding parts.
• "peel and quarter the bananas"
• be stationed or lodged in a specified place.
• "many were quartered in tents"
Similar:
accommodate,
house,
board,
lodge,
give accommodation to,
provide with accommodation,
put up,
take in,
give a bed to,
install,
give a roof to,
put a roof over someone's head,
shelter,
billet,
• range over or traverse (an area) in every direction.
• "we watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows"
Similar:
patrol,
range over,
tour,
reconnoitre,
traverse,
survey,
inspect,
spy out,
scout,
recce,
• display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family.
• "Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French quartier, from Latin quartarius ‘fourth part of a measure’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’.
