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Definition of Tenace
1. n. The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.
Definition of Tenace
1. Noun. (bridge) An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenace
1. a combination of two high cards in some card games [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenace
Literary usage of Tenace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electrical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Hand-book of Useful Data for by Horatio Alvah Foster (1908)
"The extreme fluidity of the fused caustic, however, allows it ta pass readily
through the gauze openings, while the greater surface tenace of the liberated ..."
2. Modern Scientific Whist: The Principles of the Modern Game Analyzed and by C. D. P. Hamilton (1894)
"Leading Up to a Double tenace in Trumps. (Score: AB, 6; CD, o. 45 turned. C leader.)
TRICK i. U THE HANDS. The Play. TRICK 2. ..."
3. Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at by Robert Frederick Foster (1897)
"The chief points for the beginner are good discarding, and taking advantage of
tenace positions in the play, so as to secure the count for cards, ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Whist by Charles Harcourt Ainslie Forbes-Lindsay, Ernest Bergholt (1902)
"Teams are usually composed of members of the same club, who practice together in
preparation for matches. tenace.—A Fourchette (qv). ..."
5. Foster's Duplicate Whist: A Complete System of Instruction in Whist Strategy by Robert Frederick Foster (1894)
"It is an easy matter to hold tenace over a player to your right; very difficult
... The fact of holding a tenace at the beginning of the hand is no further ..."
6. Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing Fashionable Games by Edmond Hoyle (1838)
"The Finesse jias a near affinity to the tenace, ... whereas had he put on his
ace, be could make but one—in short, tenace is the game of ..."
7. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1885)
"Of course, if the leader can count that his adversary is unguarded in the tenace
suit, the above rule does not apply. Also, when holding a tenace, ..."
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