Tierce Definition

tîrs
noun

Terce.

Webster's New World
An old unit of liquid measure, equal to13 pipe (42 gallons)
Webster's New World
The third position from which a parry or thrust can be made in fencing.
American Heritage
A third.
Webster's New World
A cask of this capacity, between a barrel and a hogshead in size.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Tierce

Noun

Singular:
tierce
Plural:
tierces

Origin of Tierce

  • Middle English from Old French from feminine of tiers third from Latin tertius trei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French tierce.

    From Wiktionary

Tierce Sentence Examples

  • Even in this peal, Taylors were not tuning the tierce to the theoretical value.

  • The hum and the tierce in the chimed bell do not affect the initial sensation of pitch, despite the loudness of these partials.

  • It does affect the timbre - bells with a major tierce have a clearly different quality than those with minor tierces.

  • In bell founding these partials have acquired their own names of hum tone, prime, tierce, quint, and nominal.

  • From the chart, one can see that the nominal, tierce and prime were barely touched, the hum lowered a little.

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Words Starting With

TTITIE

Words Ending With

ECERCE

Unscrambles

tierce

Words Starting With T and Ending With E

Starts With T & Ends With EStarts With TI & Ends With EStarts With T & Ends With CE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With T6 Letter Words Ending With E