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quarter-section † Esp. West 
n. one quarter of a surveyed section of land, that is, 160 acres, the area of the usual homestead grant in the West.
See also: quarter (def. 2)
- 1842 (1955) Many years ago the whole province was laid out in sections, and quarter sections, dividing the whole country like a "damboard."
- 1880 Any person who is the head of a family, or who has attained the age of eighteen years, is entitled to be entered on these unappropriated lands for a homestead of a quarter-section.
- 1958 The quarter section was surrounded by a fence eight poles high with stakes held together by willow wands. . . .
- 1842 (1955) Many years ago the whole province was laid out in sections, and quarter sections, dividing the whole country like a "damboard."