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Meaning of 'tierce' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tierce [ a.]
- Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
2 . Tierce [ n.]
- A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.
- A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
- The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
- A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
- A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
- The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.

Meaning of 'tierce' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tierce [ n]
Meaning (1):
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
Example in sentence:
  • it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement

Nearby Words:

tie tie-rod tiebar tiebeam tied tier tierce-major tiercel tiercelet tiercet

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