tierce

[ teers ]

/ tɪərs /

noun

an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.

a cask or vessel holding this quantity.

Also terce

[turs] /tɜrs/ .Ecclesiastical. the third of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the third hour of the day (or 9 a.m.).

Fencing. the third of eight defensive positions.

Piquet. a sequence of three cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, and queen (tierce major ), or a king, queen, and jack (tierce minor ).

Obsolete. a third or third part.

Origin of tierce

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French, feminine of tiers, from Latin tertius “third”; see third

Words nearby tierce

tiepin, tie plate, tie plug, Tiepolo, tier, tierce, tierced, tierce de Picardie, tiercel, tierceron, tiered

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Example sentences from the Web for tierce

He feinted suddenly inside the arm, deceiving the parade of tierce.
The Black Moth|Georgette Heyer
Cut-over and disengage in tierce is related in precisely the same way to counter-tierce.
Secrets of the Sword|Csar Lecat de Bazancourt
The Wine is gone in one hogshead and one tierce, marked & No.
Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
Such a tierce in this way receives six hundred pounds of rice.
Travels Through North America, v. 1-2|Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach

We saluted, fell into position and thrust simultaneously in tierce, parrying alike, then opened more seriously.
The Shoes of Fortune|Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for tierce

tierce

/ (tɪəs) /

noun

a variant of terce

the third of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing

(tɜːs) cards a sequence of three cards in the same suit

an obsolete measure of capacity equal to 42 wine gallons

Word Origin for tierce

C15: from Old French, feminine of tiers third, from Latin tertius

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单词	tierce
释义	tierce [ teers ] / tɪərs / noun an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons. a cask or vessel holding this quantity. Also terce [turs] /tɜrs/ .Ecclesiastical. the third of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the third hour of the day (or 9 a.m.). Fencing. the third of eight defensive positions. Piquet. a sequence of three cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, and queen (tierce major ), or a king, queen, and jack (tierce minor ). Obsolete. a third or third part. Origin of tierce First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French, feminine of tiers, from Latin tertius “third”; see third Words nearby tierce tiepin, tie plate, tie plug, Tiepolo, tier, tierce, tierced, tierce de Picardie, tiercel, tierceron, tiered Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tierce He feinted suddenly inside the arm, deceiving the parade of tierce. The Black Moth\|Georgette Heyer Cut-over and disengage in tierce is related in precisely the same way to counter-tierce. Secrets of the Sword\|Csar Lecat de Bazancourt The Wine is gone in one hogshead and one tierce, marked & No. Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2)\|Edward Gibbon Such a tierce in this way receives six hundred pounds of rice. Travels Through North America, v. 1-2\|Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach We saluted, fell into position and thrust simultaneously in tierce, parrying alike, then opened more seriously. The Shoes of Fortune\|Neil Munro British Dictionary definitions for tierce tierce / (tɪəs) / noun a variant of terce the third of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing (tɜːs) cards a sequence of three cards in the same suit an obsolete measure of capacity equal to 42 wine gallons Word Origin for tierce C15: from Old French, feminine of tiers third, from Latin tertius Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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