See Also: quartern(dictionary)

quartern (iou)



quartern noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman quartrun, Old French quart(e)ron, from quart(e fourth (see QUART noun1) or quartier QUARTER noun.]
A quarter of something. (Foll. by of.) obsolete exc. dial. ME.
spec. A quarter of any of various weights and measures, now only of a pint. arch. LME.
b. In full quartern loaf. A four-pound loaf. arch. M18.
A quarter of a hundred, twenty-five. L15-M17.