3. To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers. They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered. Shak.
4. To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.] This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities. Milton.
5. (Her.)
Defn: To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.
Note: When only two coats of arms are so combined they are arranged in four compartments. See Quarter, n., 1 (f).
QUARTER
Quar"ter, v. i.
Defn: To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
QUARTER
Quar"ter, v. i. Etym: [F. cartayer.]
Defn: To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into
the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering. De
Quincey.
QUARTERAGE
Quar"ter*age, n.