Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUARTERN
n.The fourth part of a pint; a gill.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUARTERN
QUARTERN Quar "tern, n.Etym: [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. ).
2. A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf. Simmonds.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quartern
quar tern |ˈkwôrtərn ˈkwɔrdərn | ▶noun Brit. archaic a quarter of a pint. ORIGIN Middle English (in the general sense ‘a quarter ’): from Old French quart (e )ron, from quart (e ) (see quart ).
quartern loaf
quar |tern loaf ▶noun archaic a loaf of bread weighing four pounds.
Oxford Dictionary
quartern
quartern |ˈkwɔːt (ə )n | ▶noun archaic a quarter of a pint. ORIGIN Middle English (in the general sense ‘a quarter ’): from Old French quart (e )ron, from quart (e ) (see quart ).
quartern loaf
quar |tern loaf ▶noun archaic a loaf of bread weighing four pounds.
The Wordsmith Dictionary