plural of quarter.

(plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto. / (by extension) The place where someone or something lives

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarter

simple past tense and past participle of quarter

present participle of quarter

A division into four parts. / The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.

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

(nautical) In a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter.

(military) No mercy; no sparing the life of a captured opponent.

(historical) One of a group of agricultural workers who were entitled to keep a quarter of the harvest as payment, yielding up the rest to their lord.