: coming from a point well abaft the beam of a ship but not directly astern
quartering waves
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: lying at right angles
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In our world of Chronic Wasting Disease, field-quartering is a skill every deer hunter needs to learn anyway. Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2020 Killing a big bull at a steep quartering angle takes a very good cartridge, topped with a tough, deep-penetrating bullet.Field & Stream, 10 May 2019 Hunsucker always places the decoy facing and quartering to him. Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 10 Dec. 2019 The drawing and quartering Will witnesses during a public execution in an early scene is only the first sign that the stakes here may be higher than even this playwright’s career. 9 p.m. Ellen Gray, Philly.com, 7 July 2017