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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
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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