quarter-section

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: kwôr′tər sĕk′shən (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwoɹ.təɹ ˌsɛk.ʃən/ Hyphenation: quar‧ter-sec‧tion === Noun === quarter-section (plural quarter-sections) (US) A square tract of laud containing 160 acres, and constituting one fourth of a section. === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “quarter-section”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “quarter-section, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes IV (P–Simulant), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page n. “quarter-section, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.