Locomotive vs Quartering - What's the difference?
locomotive | quartering |
(rail transport) The power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself, but pulls the coaches or rail cars or wagons.
(rare) A traction engine
(slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed
(economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports. (i.e. The United States).
of or relating to locomotion
of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
(heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
(heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
(architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
(Webster 1913)