Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word TIERCE
TIERCE
Definitions of TIERCE
- (obsolete) A third.
- (religion, Roman Catholic) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
- (now, historical) 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.
- (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
- (card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
- (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (heraldiccharge) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
- (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.)
- A French surname from French.
Number of letters
6
Is palindrome
No
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