‖ quatre
(katr, ˈkɑːtə(r))
Also 6 quatter, 6, 8 quater.
[F. quatre four.]
The number four; the four in dice. = cater n.2
| a 1550 Image Hypocr. iv. in Skelton's Wks. II. 442/1 Swordemen and knightes, That for the faith fightes With sise, sinke, and quatter. c 1570 Pride & Lowl. (1841) 75 All for a matter deer of quater ase. 1611 Florio, Quaderni, two quaters or foures at dice. 1694 Motteux Rabelais v. x. (1737) 37 Cinques, Quaters, Treys. 1772 Foote Nabob ii. Wks. 1799 II. 301 Cinque and quater: you're out. 1814 Cary Dante, Paradise v. 59 Included, as the quatre in the sise. 1850 Bohn's Hand-bk. Games 383 Should two quatres be thrown, any of the following moves may be played. |
Hence quatre-crested a., having four crests.
| 1791 Cowper Iliad ii. 48 His helmet quatre-crested. [Note. Quâtre-crested. So I have rendered τετραϕαληρον.] |