tierce

Noun

tierce

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.

   Quotations

   • 1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.

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. (Mus.) 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. (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
6. (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.

6 letters in word "tierce": C E E I R T.

Anagrams of tierce:

• cerite

• recite

Words found within tierce:

cee cere cert cete cire cit cite citer cree crit ee er ere erect eric et etic ice icer ire it re rec recit recti ree rei ret rete retie rice rit rite te tee teer terce ti tic tice tie tier tire tree trice trie

• tier ←
• tiepins ←
• tiepin ←
• tierce
• → tierced
• → tiercel
• → tiercelet