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‖ tiercé, a. and n.|tjɛrse, ˈtɪəseɪ|
[F. tiercé, -ée, f. tiercer to divide into three parts (13th c. in Godef.).]
A. adj. Her. Said of a field divided en tiercé, i.e. into three equal parts all of different tinctures: cf. prec. 9. Also anglicized as tierced |tɪəst|.
1725Coats Dict. Her., Tiercé,..a French Term importing that the Shield is divided into three equal Parts, when those Parts are of as many different Colours or Metals. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xxxii. (ed. 3) 471. 1883 Chambers's Encycl. s.v., A shield may be tiercé in pale, in fess, in bend, in bend sinister, or in pall; all which, with other arrangements in tierce, are common in French heraldry.
B. n. Also tierce.
a. A method of betting in which the first three horses in a race have to be named in the correct order.
b. A French horse-race at which this method prevails.
c. fig.
1964A. Wykes Gambling viii. 195 The French have developed a special way of betting... It is called ‘Tiercé’ and involves the selection of three horses to finish first, second, and third in specified races held on Sundays and holidays. 1966Economist 24 Dec. 1336/4 The French happily bet vast sums on the tierce. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Sept. 941/4 She had achieved a far more considerable success, having managed both to break up her sister Eliza's marriage..and, better still, indirectly to cause the death of her infant niece... This was not a tiercé, but it was a considerable double triumph. 1981Times 30 June 6/5 Frenchmen had to do without the ‘Tiercé’..yesterday. Ibid. 6/6 It was the third time since..May, 1968 that the Tiercé fixtures had not taken place. |