"beat to quarters" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "See beat (“to signal beating a drum”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beats to quarters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beating to quarters",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat to quarters",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten to quarters",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beat<,,beat,beaten> to quarters"
      },
      "expansion": "beat to quarters (third-person singular simple present beats to quarters, present participle beating to quarters, simple past beat to quarters, past participle beaten to quarters)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy. In the Royal Navy the drums were beaten to the rhythm of Heart of Oak."
      ],
      "id": "en-beat_to_quarters-en-verb-6QNDlNFi",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "summon",
          "summon"
        ],
        [
          "crew",
          "crew"
        ],
        [
          "sailing",
          "sailing"
        ],
        [
          "man-of-war",
          "man-of-war"
        ],
        [
          "station",
          "station"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "Royal Navy",
          "Royal Navy"
        ],
        [
          "drum",
          "drum"
        ],
        [
          "rhythm",
          "rhythm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, nautical) To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy. In the Royal Navy the drums were beaten to the rhythm of Heart of Oak."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "beat a retreat"
        },
        {
          "word": "battle stations"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat to quarters"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See beat (“to signal beating a drum”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beats to quarters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beating to quarters",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beat to quarters",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beaten to quarters",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beat<,,beat,beaten> to quarters"
      },
      "expansion": "beat to quarters (third-person singular simple present beats to quarters, present participle beating to quarters, simple past beat to quarters, past participle beaten to quarters)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "beat a retreat"
    },
    {
      "word": "battle stations"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy. In the Royal Navy the drums were beaten to the rhythm of Heart of Oak."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "summon",
          "summon"
        ],
        [
          "crew",
          "crew"
        ],
        [
          "sailing",
          "sailing"
        ],
        [
          "man-of-war",
          "man-of-war"
        ],
        [
          "station",
          "station"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "Royal Navy",
          "Royal Navy"
        ],
        [
          "drum",
          "drum"
        ],
        [
          "rhythm",
          "rhythm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, nautical) To summon the crew of a sailing man-of-war to their stations for action against an enemy. In the Royal Navy the drums were beaten to the rhythm of Heart of Oak."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beat to quarters"
}