quartering

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
noun living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
noun dividing into four equal parts

By surface analysis, quarter + -ing.

The Quartering Act, which legalized the quartering of troops on the people. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
This marriage added another quartering to the illustrious escutcheon of the Kervers. — Laboulaye's Fairy Book, Édouard Laboulaye
Add that I was born a baroness of seventy-two quarterings--and have been a cook!" — Candide, Voltaire

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