quartern

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English quartern, quarteroun, quartroun, from Anglo-Norman quatroun (quarter of a hundred), from Old French quarter (fourth).

Noun

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quartern (plural quarterns)

  1. (archaic) A quarter part; one fourth.
  2. (archaic) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds.