1. A bolt for a crossbow. 2. A tool, such as a stonemason's chisel, that has a squared head. 3. A small diamond-shaped or square pane of glass in a latticed window.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English quarel, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, diminutive of Late Latin quadrus, square, from Latin quadrum. See kwetwer- in Appendix I.
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