quartered
Split into fourths
Quartered means divided into four parts, or housed in lodgings.
A heraldic shield may be quartered to display multiple coats of arms.
Troops are quartered in barracks or with local families: The soldiers were quartered in private homes.
Historically, to be hanged, drawn, and quartered was a gruesome execution method in which the condemned's body was cut into four pieces.
Rendered in lines
- hangedKilled by noose
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- disemboweledHad innards forcibly removed
- beheadedHad head removed
executed · traitor · treason · scaffold · punishment · Tower · medieval · sentence
Divided into portions
- slicedDivided by cutting
- segmentedDivided into sections
- halvedSplit into two
- splitSeparation into parts
bisected · portioned · cut · carved · subdivided · partitioned · separated · severed
Handheld defensive armor
- blazonHeraldic shield notation
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- marshallingOrganizing into proper order
- impaledPierced through forcibly
field · canton · crest · armorial · blazonry · ensign · device · bearing
Temporary place to stay
- billetedAssigned temporary housing
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- accommodationsPlaces providing temporary residence
- residencePlace one inhabits
garrison · cantonment · dormitory · hostel · inn · guesthouse · billet · encamped
U.S. seat of government
- eagleLarge predatory bird
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- bicentennial200th anniversary observance
- silverLustrous white precious metal
drawn
Rendered in lines
- hangedKilled by noose
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- disemboweledHad innards forcibly removed
beheaded · executed · traitor · treason · scaffold · punishment · Tower · medieval · sentence · condemned
sectioned
Divided into portions
split · bisected · portioned · cut · carved · subdivided · partitioned · separated · severed · cleaved
shield
Handheld defensive armor
- blazonHeraldic shield notation
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- marshallingOrganizing into proper order
impaled · field · canton · crest · armorial · blazonry · ensign · device · bearing · charge
lodging
Temporary place to stay
- billetedAssigned temporary housing
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- accommodationsPlaces providing temporary residence
residence · garrison · cantonment · dormitory · hostel · inn · guesthouse · billet · encamped · stationed
Washington
U.S. seat of government
- eagleLarge predatory bird
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- bicentennial200th anniversary observance
- broken apartapart, asunder, broken, broken up, fragmented
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- chicken termsbreasts, wings, wing, thighs, drumstick
- flag elementsstripes, stars, crosses, crescents, tricolor
- shield termsheater, kite, round, oval, buckler
- potato dishesfrench fry, hash browns, latke, mashed potatoes, rosti
- Monday-morning quarterbackOne who criticizes past decisions
- three quartersThree of four portions
- close quartersRestricted space, minimal distance
- first quarterMoon half-visible, growing
- one quarterSingle part of four
- tight quartersVery limited space
quarter, quarters, quarterly, quarterback, quartering, quartermaster, quarterfinal