Definition of Tierced

1. Adjective. (heraldry) divided into three (either vertically or horizontally) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tierced

1. divided into three equal parts [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tierced

tied up
tied up(p)
tieing
tieless
tiemaker
tiemakers
tiemannite
tiemannites
tienilic acid
tienshanite
tiepin
tiepins
tier
tier up
tierced (current term)
tiercel
tiercelet
tiercels
tierceron
tiercerons
tierces
tiercet
tiercets
tiered
tiered seats
tiering
tierod
tierods
tiers

Literary usage of Tierced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"By the German family of TO RLING is borne the coat: tierced in bend ... Coats tierced in bend are sometimes blazoned as Per bend . . . over all a bend . ..."

2. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"The Mercantile Flag is: tierced in fess, argent, azure, ... The ITALIAN ROYAL STANDARD is like the National Flag (tierced in pale, vert, argent, and gules, ..."

3. An Introduction to Heraldry: Containing the Origin and Use of Arms; Rules by Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull (1854)
"Arms of a man and his three wives ; the first two tierced in chief with his own, and the third in hase. P. 13, n. 6. Arms of a man and his four wives ..."

4. An Introduction to Heraldry by Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull (1892)
"Arms of a man and his three wives; the first two tierced in chief with his own, and the third in base. PL XL., n. 6. Arms of a man and his four wives; ..."

5. A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, in Two Parts by Hugh Clark (1827)
"ARMS Of a man and his three wives; the first two tierced in chief with his own, and the third in base, p. 13, n. 6. ARMS Of a man and his four wives; ..."

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