quartering

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of quarter

plural quarterings

1. countableuncountableA division into four parts.

   Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.

   1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling, page 36

2. countableuncountableThe act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
3. countableuncountableThe method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
4. countableuncountablegovernmentThe division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
5. countableuncountablegovernmentOne of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
6. countableuncountablearchitectureA series of quarters, or small upright posts.
7. countablehistoricaluncountableThe practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
8. countableuncountablehobbiesSearching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quartering' the field.
9. countableuncountableA point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground.

   The arch failed first at the crown, then at the quarterings, and finally at the springings.

   1941 February, “Bridge demolition by lifting”, in Railway Magazine, page 74

1. not comparablenauticalComing from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.

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   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.

   2015 November, Duncan Bruce, Tanker Jetty Safety – Management of the Ship/Shore Interface, 1st edition, Witherby Seamanship International, →ISBN, archived from the original on 18 May 2024, 3.1.2

2. broadlynot comparableaeronauticsComing from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
3. not comparableengineeringAt right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.