1. trans. To put (troops) into quarters; to billet. Also absol.
1642. Charles I., Declar. about Brentford, 10. Part of it [the army] was inquartered at Brainford.
1673. H. Stubbe, Further Justif. War Netherl., To Rdr. 9. Neither could the Captain General … enquarter in any City, without the Consent of the Province.
2. Her. To place (armorial bearings) in a quarter of the shield; to quarter.
1622–62. Heylin, Cosmogr., I. (1682), 204. Varying the Coat of France, which they enquartered with their own.
1635. Brereton, Trav. (1844), 135. The arms of this see … and Bishop Hampton’s own coat arms enquartered together.
Hence Enquartering vbl. sb., the action of placing (troops) in quarters, or of going into quarters.
1639. Lawes & Ord. Warre, 14. Their marching, retreating, or enquartering in or thorow any townes or countryes.
