Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quarte \Quarte\, n. [F.]
   Same as 2d {Carte}.

Carte \Carte\ Quarte \Quarte\, n. [F. quarte, prop., a fourth.
   Cf. {Quart}.] (Fencing)
   A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the
   hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the
   adversary's right breast.