| 释义 |
Noun: quartering kworturing- A coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- Living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
- Dividing into four equal parts
Verb: quarter kwortu(r)- Provide housing for (military personnel)
- billet, canton - Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
- draw, draw and quarter - Divide into quarters
"quarter an apple" - Divide by four; divide into quarters
Derived forms: quarterings See also: quarters Type of: accommodate, arms, blazon, blazonry, coat of arms, divide, division, fraction, housing, kill, living accommodations, lodge, lodging, section, segment Encyclopedia: Quarter Quartering |