Quartering

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:20 ptsWWF:23 pts10 letters

Definition of Quartering

Verb

present participle and gerund of quarter

Noun

A division into four parts.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.

Adjective

Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.

Anagrams of Quartering

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "quartering":

9-LETTER WORDS

8-LETTER WORDS

antiquer equating quainter quartern quartier

7-LETTER WORDS

angrier antique earring gaunter grainer granite granter gratine grunter ingrate quarter quinate quintar rangier rearing+14 more

6-LETTER WORDS

aigret argent arguer artier augite auntie earing eating engirt errant erring gainer gaiter garner garnet

+1 Letter Anagrams

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Rhyming Words

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