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Definition of Tiercet
1. n. A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
Definition of Tiercet
1. Noun. (poetry) A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tiercet
1. a group of three lines that rhyme [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiercet
Literary usage of Tiercet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. J.V. Douville 's Speaking French Grammar: Forming a Series of Sixty by J. V. Douville (1835)
"A rest must likewise be made at the end of the first tiercet, ... At the end of
the tiercet, or stanza of three verses, the first •words of the rondeau are ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"... for a word to rhyme aright, The second quatrain is half-written—nay, When to
the first tiercet I've found my way, Now for the first ..."
3. Representative French lyrics of the nineteenth century by George Neely Henning (1913)
"The poem is written in terza rima; but by a curious variation, the second line
of each tiercet in several instances rhymes with the first and third of the ..."
4. Representative French lyrics of the nineteenth century by George Neely Henning (1913)
"The poem is written in terza rima; but by a curious variation, the second line
of each tiercet in several instances rhymes with the first and third of the ..."
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