Square.
 

a quartefoil

A four pointed leaf; usually borne without a stem.
 

Argent, a cross quartered azure and vert

A term sometimes applied to the cross when voided in the center; as “a cross quartered.”
 

The arrangement of two or more coats of arms on one shield to form one bearing, as for instance, the royal arms of England, where those of the several countries are conjoined; when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms; when an alliance of one family with the heiress of another is to be perpetuated.

When only two coats are quartered on one shield, as in the case of marriage, the first and fourth quarters display the arms of the husband; the second and third, those of the wife.

In quartering arms, the shield may be divided into as many squares as necessary, and the first coat (that of the bearer) may be repeated or not to make up an even number.
 

Quarterly Or and sabe

Placed in quarters; an escutcheon divided into quarters.
 

Said of a saltire thus divided.
 

Said of a cross when the central square is removed; as, a cross quarter-pierced.
 

The five wounds of the crucifixion. This is an ecclesiastical bearing.
 

Said of the leg of a bird torn off at the thigh.