'Quartern' definitions:
Definition of 'quartern'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one- fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern]
Definition of 'Quartern'
From: GCIDE
- Quartern \Quar"tern\, 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.]
- 1. 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]
- 2. A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster]