'Quartering block' definitions:

Definition of 'Quartering block'

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  • 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]

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