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ˈwinter ˈquarters
(Also with hyphen.)
[See quarter n. 15.]
1. a. The place of stay, or lodgings, occupied by troops, or by the members of an expedition, during the winter (between two campaigns or periods of activity or travel). Also, such a place occupied by any travelling company or by private individuals.
[1641Evelyn Diary 8 Sept., Seedam, where was at that time Coll. Goring's winter-quarters.] 1650Stapylton Strada's Low C. Wars viii. 8 The like..was done..by the Nervians, when they besieged the winter-quarters of Quintus Cicero. 1714W. Vickers Let. 21 Sept. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) II. xxi. 16 Miss Pen comes to our winter quarters in the middle of next week. 1769Lond. Chron. 9–11 Nov. 456/1 According to advices from the Russian Army..it will soon go into winter quarters in the centre of the kingdom. 1777R. Watson Philip II (1839) 423 His troops were no sooner distributed into winter⁓quarters, than Leicester returned with his army towards Zutphen. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Winter-quarters,..in Arctic parlance, the spot where ships are to remain housed during the winter months—from the 1st October to the 1st July or August. 1878A. H. Markham Gt. Frozen Sea xiii. 154 Altogether the neighbourhood of our winter quarters had the appearance of a young thriving settlement. 1897A. Beardsley Let. 29 July (1970) 353 At the end of this week I shall move to Paris, and then into winter quarters as soon as possible. 1939Florida (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 395 Bailey circus winter quarters.
†b. transf. The interval of time during which troops are in winter quarters. Obs.
1706Phillips s.v. Quarters, Winter-Quarters,..the Space of Time between two Campaigns. 1734tr. Rollin's Rom. Hist. III. 402 Which he divides into campaigns and winter-quarters. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XV. 751.
2. The place in which certain animals find shelter during the winter. (Rarely of plants.)
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 357 Lazy Drones,..In Winter Quarters free, devour the Gain. 1709T. Robinson Vind. Mosaick Syst. 89, I saw infinite Numbers of Frogs coming out of their Winter-Quarters, which was a vast heap of loose Stones. 1856Delamer Fl. Gard. (1861) 165 Remove dahlia-roots from their winter quarters. 1890Science-Gossip XXVI. 34 A frost of several days' duration..sent most of these snails into winter-quarters.
Hence winter-quarter v., intr. to go into or reside in winter quarters. rare.
1706Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) VI. 90, 25 000 of the allies are to winter quarter in Brabant. |