Quartern

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quartern
       n : one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one-fourth},
            {fourth}, {quarter}, {fourth part}, {twenty-five percent}]