WordNet
n. a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side
Wikipedia
A quarter section, often shortened to quarter, is an area of one-fourth of a square mile, or . It was a common size of a tract under Homestead Acts in the United States and the Dominion Land Survey in Canada.
For details on its use, see
- Dominion Land Survey in Canada
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Public Land Survey System in the United States
- Section (United States land surveying)
Usage examples of "quarter section".
Out of that quarter section that we farmed we made a bare living, for there was thin soil and poor crops.
But unless Minnesota law reads different, and specific, Chambrun and his kin get to keep that quarter section as their own as soon as they've held it seven years with nobody else disputing 'em.
A quarter section is a lot of land, particularly when you've shaped every inch of it yourself.
One hopper ran straight between Cully's feet, a quarter section of dripping fruit clasped in its arms.
The day was not far distant now when every quarter section of the desert land would be filed on by eager settlers, and the once barren waste would rapidly give place to the fertile fields of the ranchers, every foot of which should yield tribute to James Greenfield and his associates.