(historical) A block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered.

plural of quarter day

(UK military slang, now rare) A quartermaster, or quartermaster sergeant.

plural of quarter-bloke

A cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot.

(nautical) A block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clewlines and sheets are reeved.

The hide and fat of a butchered animal, regarded as separate from the meat.

(nautical) An ornament on the side of a vessel near the stern.

malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox

(nautical) A list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each.