The Old Man and the Seaに馴染みのない "quarter" の用例がありました。
The sharks did not hit him again until just before sunset.
The old man saw the brown fins coming along the wide trail the fish must make in the water. They were not even quartering on the scent. They were headed straight for the skiff swimming side by side.
この "quarter" は以前読んだ "DADDY-LONG-LEGS" に出てきた "quarter" の意味（"to cut the body of (a person) into quarters, esp. in executing for treason or the like" ref. "quartered"）とも違います。
辞書を見ます。 引用文に合う意味はなかなか見あたりませんが、Dictionary.comの "quarter" の項３７と４０番目に次ぎの説明がありました。
"to traverse (the ground) from left to right and right to left while advancing, as dogs in search of game; to range to and fro, as dogs in search of game"
老人と海は陸上の話ではありませんがこの意味で使っているのは間違いないでしょう。
The sharks did not hit him again until just before sunset.
The old man saw the brown fins coming along the wide trail the fish must make in the water. They were not even quartering on the scent. They were headed straight for the skiff swimming side by side.
この "quarter" は以前読んだ "DADDY-LONG-LEGS" に出てきた "quarter" の意味（"to cut the body of (a person) into quarters, esp. in executing for treason or the like" ref. "quartered"）とも違います。
辞書を見ます。 引用文に合う意味はなかなか見あたりませんが、Dictionary.comの "quarter" の項３７と４０番目に次ぎの説明がありました。
"to traverse (the ground) from left to right and right to left while advancing, as dogs in search of game; to range to and fro, as dogs in search of game"
老人と海は陸上の話ではありませんがこの意味で使っているのは間違いないでしょう。
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