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Quarter vs Quartering - What's the difference?

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In context|nautical|lang=en terms the difference between quarter and quartering

is that quarter is (nautical) the aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern while quartering is (nautical) coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.

As adjectives the difference between quarter and quartering

is that quarter is pertaining to an aspect of a while quartering is (nautical) coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.

As nouns the difference between quarter and quartering

is that quarter is any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided while quartering is the act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.

As verbs the difference between quarter and quartering

is that quarter is to divide into quarters or quarter can be (obsolete) 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 while quartering is .

quarter

English

Etymology 1

Via (etyl) quartier, from (etyl) quartarius, from quartus.

Adjective

(-) (also spelled with prefix (quarter-))
  • Pertaining to an aspect of a .
  • (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
  • * A quarter''' hour; a '''quarter''' century; a '''quarter''' note; a '''quarter pound.
  • (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
  • * A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
  • * A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
    • Derived terms
    * quarter blanket * quarter bottle * quarter century * quarter crack * quarter day * quarter final * quarter horse * quarter hour * quarter moon * quarter note * quarter pound * quarter session * quarter waiter * quarter year

    Noun

  • Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
  • (US, Canada) A coin worth 25 cents (1/4 of a dollar).
  • A period of three consecutive months (1/4 of a year).
  • A section or area (of a town, etc.).
  • (uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent
  • * 1955 , J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King , HarperCollinsPublishers (2007), p. 1110.
    • Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair, and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter .
  • An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, p. 204.
    • One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more.
  • An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
  • (historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark VI:
    • And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].
  • (heraldiccharge) A charge made up of a quarter of the shield, larger than a canton, and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
  • That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
    • ...at last she kicked right over the carriage pole and fell down, after giving me a severe blow on my near quarter .
  • (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
  • (obsolete) Friendship; amity; concord.
  • * Shakespeare
    • In quarter , and in terms like bride and groom.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
  • A quartermaster sergeant; a quartermaster.
  • * 1925 , (Ford Madox Ford), No More Parades'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 360:
    • Tietjens said: ‘Send the Canadian sergeant-major to me at the double….’ to the quarter .
    Synonyms
    * (one of four equal parts ): fourth, fourth part, * (period of three consecutive months ): trimester * (section of a town ): borough, district, region
    Derived terms
    * fat quarter * quarterly * quarters * quarter of * quarter past * quarter to
    Related terms
    * quart

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide into quarters.
  • To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
    • Quarter the horses in the third stable.
  • To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

    • References

    ; Adjective * "quarter" at Merriam-Webster * "quarter" in Harrap's Shorter , 2006, p. 761

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) cartayer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) 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.
    • Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering — De Quincey.
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    quartering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (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)