"quarter" meaning in english lexicon

Consisting of one of four equivalent parts.

Plural: quarters

ETYM French quartier, Latin quartarius a fourth part, from quartus the fourth. Related to Quart.
1. A fourth; one fourth of an evenly divided whole.
2. A US coin worth one fourth of a dollar.
3. A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour.
4. A fourth part of a year; three months.
5. One of four periods into which the school year is divided.
6. One of four periods of play into which some games are divided.
7. One of the four major division of the compass.
8. A district of a city having some distinguishing character.
9. The part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp.
10. (British) A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds).
11. (US) A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds).

ETYM French cartayer.
1. To divide by four; divide into quarters.
2. To divide into quarters.
3. To kill by pulling the victim's body into pieces by having horses pull on each extremity; SYN. draw and quarter.
4. To provide housing (or quarters) for, of military personnel; SYN. billet, canton.

Plural: quarter cracks

A crack on the inside of a horse's forefoot.

Plural: quarter days

A Christian holy day; (Britain) one of four specified days when certain payments are due.

Plural: quarter horses

A small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia.

Plural: quarter miles

A unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile.

Plural: quarter notes

A musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note; SYN. crotchet.
In music, a note value one-quarter the duration of a whole note. It is written as a filled, black note-head with a stem. It is the basic unit of beat for the most frequently used time signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, and so on).

Plural: quarter of a pounds

Plural: quarter of an hours

Plural: quarter plates

A photographic plate measuring 3-1/4 by 4-1/4 inches.

Plural: quarter rests

A musical rest corresponding in time value to a quarter note.

Plural: quarter rounds

Plural: quarter sections

A land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side.

Singular of quarter sessions is quarter session.

A local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions.