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quartering

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: quartering

1
n
dividing into four equal parts
2
n
living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
3
n
a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: quartering
1

n dividing into four equal parts

Type of:
division
the act or process of dividing
2

n living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)

Type of:
housing, living accommodations, lodging
structures collectively in which people are housed
3

n a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages

Type of:
arms, blazon, blazonry, coat of arms
the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
WORD FAMILY
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