quartering

A division into four parts.

Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.

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.

Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.

Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored.

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.