The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word QUARTERING which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 1996.
Dividing into four units crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| QUARTERING | 100 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dividing into four units
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quartering
- mess
- baulk line
- quarter
- quarters
- quadrant
- partition
- division
- dichotomous
- split
- bisection
- splits
Crossword Answer definitions
QUARTERING verb- To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
- To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- To quartersaw.
- To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
- A division into four parts.
- The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
- The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
- The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
- One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
- A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
- The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
- Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.
- Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
- At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
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