quartered

quartered (adj.):

I. Divided into quarters:

1. quadrĭfĭdus: stakes q.'d, q. sudes, Virg. G. 2, 25: also quadrĭpartītus, Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 5, 20: and quadrĭfārĭus: cf. QUARTERLY.

2. (of the human body) distractus: cf. turbatis distractus equis (of Hippolytus, but may be used more gen.), Virg. Aen. 7, 767: also other particips.: v. TO QUARTER.

II. Lodged (of guests and troops): v. QUARTERS.

III. In heraldry: v. TO QUARTER, No. III.