'Quartering block' definitions:
Definition of 'Quartering block'
From: GCIDE
- Quartering \Quar"ter*ing\, n.
- 1. A station. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Her.) (a) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. (b) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Arch.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]