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Definition of Tierce
1. Noun. The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m..
2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
3. Noun. One of three equal parts of a divisible whole. "It contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
Definition of Tierce
1. n. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.
Definition of Tierce
1. Noun. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons. ¹
2. Noun. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment. ¹
3. Noun. (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant. ¹
4. Noun. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. ¹
5. Noun. (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height. ¹
6. Noun. (heraldiccharge) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag. ¹
7. Noun. (R. C. Ch.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour. ¹
8. Noun. (obsolete) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.) ¹
9. Adjective. (heraldry) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tierce
1. one of seven canonical daily periods for prayer and devotion [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tierce
1. 1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons. 2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc, are packed for shipment. 3. The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. 4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. 5. A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. 6. The third hour of the day, or nine a.m.; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour. Origin: F. Tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. Tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf. Terce, Tercet, Tertiary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tierce
Literary usage of Tierce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Thusa tierce counts three; a quart, four; a quint, fifteen (5+10); a sixième,
sixteen; and so on. If the elder hand's sequence is good, he names the suit, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"It is now, however, generally known as quarte and tierce, and, in its improved
state, is not merely intended ns an exercise for the scholar, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The twist disarmament from tierce to septime is deceived by yielding the ...
From septime : yield the blade at the beginning and parry tierce at the finish. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"The parades parry thrusts as follows : tierce parries high carte ... After carte
parry, return in carte ; after tierce, return in tierce ; after ..."
5. Manual of Bayonet Exercise: Prepared for the Use of the Army of the United by George Brinton McClellan (1852)
"The Parries in High tierce and High Quarte; The Parries in Seconde in Retreat,
and tierce in ... The Parry in High tierce—Plate XIII. In high tierce—PARRY ! ..."
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