quartern

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: quar=tern

CIDE DICTIONARY

quartern, n. [OE. quarteroun, quartron, F. quarteron, the fourth part of a pound, or of a hundred; cf. L. quartarius a fourth part, quarter of any measure, quartern, gill. See Quarter, and cf. Quarteron, Quadroon.].

•  A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).  [1913 Webster]
•  A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf.  Simmonds.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quartern, n. Brit. archaic a quarter of a pint.

Idiom

quartern loaf a four-pound loaf.

Etymology

ME, = quarter f. AF quartrun, OF quart(e)ron f. QUART fourth or quartier QUARTER

ROGET THESAURUS

quartern

Quadrisection

N quadrisection, quadripartition, quartering, fourth, quart, quarter, quartern, farthing, fourthing, quadrant, quartered, quadrifid, quadripartite, rectangular.