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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadrel

Quad′rel

,
Noun.
[It.
quadrello
, LL.
quadrellus
, fr. L.
quadrus
square. See
Quadrate
, and cf.
Quarrel
an arrow.]
1.
A square piece of turf or peat.
[Prov. Eng.]
2.
A square brick, tile, or the like.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quadrel

QUAD'REL

,
Noun.
In architecture, a kind of artificial stone made of chalky earth and dried in the shade for two years; so called from being square.

Definition 2024


quadrel

quadrel

English

Noun

quadrel (plural quadrels)

  1. (archaic) A square brick or tile; a quarrel.