tierce

tierce

T0209000 (tîrs)n.1. Variant of terce.2. A measure of liquid capacity, equal to a third of a pipe, or 42 gallons (159 liters).3. Games A sequence of three cards of the same suit.4. Sports The third position from which a parry or thrust can be made in fencing.5. Music An interval of a third.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from feminine of tiers, third, from Latin tertius; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]

tierce

(tɪəs) n1. (Roman Catholic Church) a variant of terce2. (Fencing) the third of eight basic positions from which a parry or attack can be made in fencing3. (Card Games) cards a sequence of three cards in the same suit4. (Units) an obsolete measure of capacity equal to 42 wine gallons[C15: from Old French, feminine of tiers third, from Latin tertius]

tierce

(tɪərs)

n. 1. an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons. 2. a cask or vessel holding this quantity. 3. (in piquet) a sequence of three cards of the same suit. 4. Obs. a third. [1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, feminine of tiers < Latin tertius third]

Tierce

 a band or company of soldiers; a cask of wine, hence, a similar amount of other commodities; the third part of a thing or group of people or things.Examples: tierce of beef (a cask), 1800; of coffee berries, 1825; of French claret (cask), 1707; of honey (a cask), 1585; of pork (a cask), 1800; of soldiers (a band or company); of tobacco, 1886; of wine (a cask).

Tierce

A unit of liquid volume, forty-two gallons (one-third Pipe).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tierce - the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.tercecanonical hour - (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer
	2.	tierce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and onetercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, troikadigit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
	3.	tierce - one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"one-third, thirdcommon fraction, simple fraction - the quotient of two integers

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