QUART, Fr. Quarter.
Quart de Cercle, Fr. A quadrant such as bombardiers use when they take the angles, and give what inclination they think necessary to a mortar.
Quart de Conversion, Fr. Quarter-wheeling, or quarter-facing. The terms are used in military evolutions.
Demi-Quart de Conversion, Fr. Half-quarter-wheel.
QUARTE, Fr. In fencing. See [Carte].
QUARTER, in war, signifies the sparing of men’s lives, and giving good treatment to a vanquished enemy. Hence, to give quarter, to take quarter, &c. donner quartier, Fr. prendre quartier, Fr.
To QUARTER UPON. To oblige persons to receive soldiers, &c. into their dwelling houses, and to provide for them.
QUARTERS. Military stations are so called; as head quarters, home quarters, regimental quarters, &c.
QUARTERS, at a siege, the encampment upon one of the most principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and convoys.
Head Quarters of an army, the place where the commander in chief has his quarters. The quarters of generals of horse are, if possible, in villages behind the right and left wings; and the generals of foot are often in the same place: but the commander in chief should be near the centre of the army.