Quartering

['kwɔːt(ə)rɪŋ] or ['kwɔrtɚ]

解释:

(noun.) dividing into four equal parts.

(noun.) living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel).

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

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解释:

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quartter

(a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.

(a.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.

(n.) A station.

(n.) Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.

(n.) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.

(n.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.

(n.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.)

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