noun

• (heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
• (heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
• (architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
• (historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).

adj

• (nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
  "Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored."
• (by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
• (engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.