quarter-line

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The position of ships of a column ranged in a line when one is four points forward or abaft another's beam. Also called bow-and-quarter line.
• noun An additional line extending to the under side of the bag of a seine. As the bag approaches the shore, this line is from time to time drawn upon to relieve the strain upon the wings.
• noun In United States land surveys, cither of two lines which divide a section into quarter-sections.
• noun Nautical, a mooring rope or hawser, leading from the quarter of the vessel. Also called quarter-fast.