quartering
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes."
- "The arch failed first at the crown, then at the quarterings, and finally at the springings."
- "Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored."
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Phrases
quartering block
quartering sea