Quăd'rel, n.

n. [It. quadrello, L. Lat. quadrellus, fr. Lat. quadrus, square, from quatuor, four; O. Catal. quadrell, O. Fr. quarrel, carrel, N. Fr. carreau, Pr. cairel.]

1. (Arch.) A kind of artificial stone made of chalky earth and dried in the shade for two years; — so called from being square. Gwilt.
2. A piece of turf or peat cut in a four-square figure. [Stafford.] Halliwell.