quartered
USKWOR-turd/ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚd/UKKWOR-tuhd/ˈk(w)ɔː.təd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of quarter.
He quartered the chicken before laying the pieces in the pan.
The troops were quartered in private homes throughout the harsh winter.
Note
One spelling carries both the past tense and the participle, and the participle does most of the interesting work. Passives are common: troops are quartered in homes, a shield is quartered with different coats of arms, timber is quartered at the sawmill. The lodging use without an object (they quartered in the town) has no passive. The execution sense is historical and belongs to accounts of the past.
quartered is a form of quarter
quarter, verb: To divide something into quarters; to split it by four. Full entry
- Forms
- quarterquarters he/she/itquartering -ing formquartered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- quarter → quartered: add -ed
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with quartered, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.