a name given at sea to the several stations where the officers and crew of a ship of war are posted in action.

Quarters, at a siege, the encampment upon one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and convoys.

Head-Quarters of an Army, the place where the commander-in-chief has his quarters.

Intrenched Quarters, a place fortified with a ditch and parapet, to secure a body of troops.

Winter Quarters sometimes means the space of time included between leaving the camp and taking the field; but more properly the places where the troops are quartered during the winter.