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Quarter
1) Dismemberment of the body into four parts during execution, the victim having been previously hanged. When traitors were executed in this manner, a quarter would often enough be placed on Tower Bridge and left there; other parts might be distributed elsewhere. Heads of those treated with the mercy of the axe alone were also placed on the bridge for all to see. -
Cf. Nuncius regis
2) Her. A *charge which occupies a quarter of the *shield; an *hon-ourable ordinary. As a verb 'quarter' indicated the placing of arms in the four parts of a shield, or adding another's arms, such as a husband's or wife's.
3) Unit of weight, used of grain. One quarter = eight bushels; one *bushel = eight gallons. It was also known as a 'core'. -
Cf. Chaldron

Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. .