quartering

verb

1
To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
2
To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
“Quarter the horses in the third stable.”
3
To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
4
To quartersaw.

1
To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

1
A division into four parts.
2
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
3
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
4
The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
5
One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
6
A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
7
The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
8
Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.

1
Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
2
At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.

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