Quar′ter.
1. (Nautical.) a. The side of a ship, aft, between the main channels and stern. On the quarter, 45° abaft the beam. Quarter-boats are abaft the mizzen. Quarter-deck, abaft the mainmast. b. Portions of a ship belonging to or at the quarter, as, quarter-boat, quarter-gallery, quarterlad-der, quarter-nettings, quarter-posts, quarter-rails, quarter-timbers, etc. c. That portion of a yard from the slings outward; hence, quarter-block, quarter-slings, quartertackle, etc. d. A point of the compass between the line of the keel and abaft the beam. e. The stations of a ship's company in time of exercise or action. 2. (Plural, quarters.) The apartments assigned to officers and soldiers in a barrack.
3. (Milling.) A section of a millstone dress, consisting of a leader and its branches; the term is used irrespective of the number of degrees embraced in the sector. See millstone.
4. (Coopering.) The portion of the side of a cask intermediate between the chime and the bulge.
5. (Cork-cutting.) A parallelopiped of cork, blocked out and ready for rounding into a cork shape. 6. (Carpentry.) a. An upright stud or scantling in a partition which is to be lathed and plastered. The English rule is to place the quarters at a distance not exceeding 14 inches. b. A section of a winding stairs. 7. The rear or heel portion of a horseshoe.
8. (Architecture.) A portion of a Gothic arch.
9. (Shoemaking.) The portion of a boot or shoe upper behind the ankle-seams.
