No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. quarter verb 1 they were quartered in a villa: accommodate, house, board, lodge, put up, take in, install, shelter; military billet. 2 i quartered the streets: patrol, range over, tour, reconnoiter, traverse, survey, scout. pick the option from the thesaurus that describes how the word quartered is used in this excerpt from the bill of rights.