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QUARTERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dividing into four equal parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("quartering" is a kind of...):
division (the act or process of dividing)
Derivation:
quarter (divide by four; divide into quarters)
quarter (divide into quarters)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quartering" is a kind of...):
housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Derivation:
quarter (provide housing for (military personnel))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quartering" is a kind of...):
arms; blazon; blazonry; coat of arms (the official symbols of a family, state, etc.)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb quarter
