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quartered

American  
[kwawr-terd] / ˈkwɔr tərd /

adjective

  1. divided into quarters.

  2. furnished with quarters or lodging.

  3. (of wood) quartersawed.

  4. Heraldry.

    1. (of an escutcheon) divided into four or more parts.

    2. (of a cross) having the central square portion removed.

quartered British  
/ ˈkwɔːtəd /

adjective

  1. heraldry (of a shield) divided into four sections, each having contrasting arms or having two sets of arms, each repeated in diagonally opposite corners

  2. (of a log) sawn into four equal parts along two diameters at right angles to each other; quartersawn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of quartered

First recorded in 1475–85; quarter + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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Quartered, drizzled with olive oil, dashed with salt and pepper, wrapped in aluminum foil and baked for an hour or so, it is a uniquely savory dish.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2017

Quartered, they looked like an infestation of green armadillos.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2016

Quartered on an island group that is a Pacific paradise beside Wake, they sent out no news beyond the fact that they were still hanging on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Drawn and Quartered includes his drawings of and that haunting simile of the mind's disintegration: ski tracks divided by a large tree.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quartered at Villers-Cotterets in 1790, he met my mother, Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Labouret, whom he married two years later.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur

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