The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quadrat \Quad"rat\, n. [F. quadrat, cadrat. See Quadrate.]
(Print.) A block of type metal lower than the letters, -- used in spacing and in blank lines. [Abbrev. quad.]
An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.
Usage examples of "line of shadows".
A line of shadows appeared on the stairway of the Croagh, stooped and shrouded in the fading half-light of the late afternoon.
Finally a line of shadows emerged from the dusk, winding down over the crest of the rise fronting the clearing-a single wagon with horses in trace and half a dozen riders in tow.
Arr was beginning to fear that her plan had failed when a jagged line of shadows began to appear in the steam ahead.
Lunzie followed suit, admiring the line of shadows that dappled the strong muscles of his shoulders.