quarter
noun
one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided.
is quartering
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present progressiveof quarter (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This storm is quartering across the valley," said Joel, during a lull, "and if we make the entrance, we'll have to turn the herd on a direct angle from the course of the wind.
From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Andy Adams
I should think Dutton too old and sharp a hand for that, though he is quartering them on himself.'
From Nuttie's Father by Charlotte Mary Yonge
