transitive. to quarter out: to mark out, outline. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To indicate or define the outline of. Chiefly in passive (with adverbial noun phrase): to be defined in outline.

transitive. To provide (an object) with a profile of a specified nature, to give an outline to; (Engineering) to shape (an object) by means of a…

transitive. To outline or mark after the manner of a skeleton.