quartered

[ kwawr-terd ]

/ ˈkwɔr tərd /

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adjective

divided into quarters.

furnished with quarters or lodging.

(of wood) quartersawed.

Heraldry.

(of an escutcheon) divided into four or more parts.
(of a cross) having the central square portion removed.

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Origin of quartered

First recorded in 1475–85; quarter + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM quartered

un·quar·tered, adjective

Words nearby quartered

quarter crack, quarter day, quarterdeck, quarter dollar, quarter eagle, quartered, quarterfinal, quarterfinalist, quarter grain, quarter hollow, quarter-hoop

How to use quartered in a sentence

And there was the one in Henry VII, with Ray Winstone, where I was drawn and quartered.
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No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war blah blah blah.
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Like practically every other inch of the planet, they can be surveyed and mapped, drawn, quartered, and vivisected by satellite.
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His quartered carcass was impaled above other London city gates.
The Real Story of "O"|Robert McCrum|January 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Are we about to see a revisionist pushback on how Hot Rod has already been hanged, drawn, and quartered?
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Before tobacco was much known in Germany, some soldiers belonging to a cavalry regiment were quartered in a German village.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
It has waved on consecrated banners, and been quartered on the arms of earths proudest monarchs.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
Toughs and gamblers poured in, and United States troops were quartered there to keep the peace.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson
In 1765 a Quartering Act was passed by which 10,000 imperial troops were quartered in the colonies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
In 1857 the Australian colonies agreed to pay the expenses of the imperial garrison quartered in Australia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for quartered

quartered

/ (ˈkwɔːtəd) /

adjective

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

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

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