Tierce
/ˈtɜːs/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts6 letters
Definition of Tierce
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- A third.
- A measure of capacity equal to a third of a pipe, or a cask or other vessel holding such a quantity; a cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which wine or salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
- The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
- A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
- The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
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