† quater-piercedadj.

Forms: 1500s quater-persed, 1600s 1800s quater-pierced.

Origin: Apparently either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French quatre , pierced adj.; Latin quater , pierced adj.

Etymology: Apparently < either Middle French quatre (see quatre n.) or classical Latin quater (see quatercentenary adj. and n.) + pierced adj. (although this is first attested later in heraldic use: see pierced adj. 2). Compare later quarter-pierced adj. at quarter n. Compounds 4, quarterly pierced adj. at quarterly adv. 2c.

Heraldry. Obsolete. rare.

= quarter-pierced adj. at quarter n. Compounds 4.

ΚΠ

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 51 ^v Quater persed of y^e field. If that woord, quater, wer not spoken, but persed onely, without more: then wer the persing in the middest rounde, as the persing of a mollet or cinkfoyle.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 71 He beareth Azure, a Crosse Moline, Quater-pierced, Or... This is termed Quater-pierced, quasi Quadrate pierced, for that the piercing is square as a Trencher.

1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 18 The Cross,..Quater-pierced signifies that the centre is perforated with a square opening.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	quater-pierced
释义	† quater-piercedadj. Forms: 1500s quater-persed, 1600s 1800s quater-pierced. Origin: Apparently either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French quatre , pierced adj.; Latin quater , pierced adj. Etymology: Apparently < either Middle French quatre (see quatre n.) or classical Latin quater (see quatercentenary adj. and n.) + pierced adj. (although this is first attested later in heraldic use: see pierced adj. 2). Compare later quarter-pierced adj. at quarter n. Compounds 4, quarterly pierced adj. at quarterly adv. 2c. Heraldry. Obsolete. rare. = quarter-pierced adj. at quarter n. Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 51 ^v Quater persed of y^e field. If that woord, quater, wer not spoken, but persed onely, without more: then wer the persing in the middest rounde, as the persing of a mollet or cinkfoyle. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vii. 71 He beareth Azure, a Crosse Moline, Quater-pierced, Or... This is termed Quater-pierced, quasi Quadrate pierced, for that the piercing is square as a Trencher. 1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 18 The Cross,..Quater-pierced signifies that the centre is perforated with a square opening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1562
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