quartering
1. a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages • Hypernyms: coat of arms, arms, blazon, blazonry 2. living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) • Derivationally related forms: quarter • Topics: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine • Hypernyms: housing, lodging, living accommodations 3. dividing into four equal parts • Derivationally related forms: quarter • Hypernyms: division
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