quarter section

noun — 2 senses

quarter section

nounalso spelled quarter-section
1

Synonym of homestead (“a parcel of land in the interior of North America, usually 160 acres”)

quarter-section

noun

US /ˈkwoɹ.təɹ ˌsɛk.ʃən/

1

US A square tract of laud containing 160 acres, and constituting one fourth of a section.

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