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quarter-piece
†1. A quarter of a standard coin. Obs. rare—1.
1650Fuller Pisgah i. xii. 38 Some English coines, being quarter-peices, cannot be put away in payment without loss, except four of them be joyned together.
2. Naut.
†a. A piece of ordnance placed on the quarter of a vessel. Obs. rare—1.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. yng. Sea-men 31 The peeces in the prow,..in the sterne, the quarter peeces [etc.].
b. (See quots.)
1711W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 162 Quarter⁓pieces; large carved Pieces fixed to terminate the Quarter with the Stern. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780) G g, The quarter-pieces, which limit and form the outlines of the stern. 1797Encycl. Brit. XVII. 408/2 The taffarel and quarter pieces, which terminate the ship abaft, the former above and the latter on each side. 1846A. Young Naut. Dict. 243 If there be a quarter-gallery, the quarter-piece forms its after end.
c. ‘Projections beyond the quarters of a ship for additional cabin accommodation’ (Cent. Dict.).
†3. = quarter 27 and 20 c. Obs. rare—0.
1688Miege Grt. Fr. Dict. ii, Quarter-piece, quartier. The two Quarter-pieces of a Shoe. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict., A double quarter piece, trabs crassior. |