quartering

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 ]