Tierce definition

(fencing) The third defensive position, from which a lunge or parry can be made.

A measure of liquid capacity, equal to a third of a pipe, or 42 gallons (159 liters).

(sports) The third position from which a parry or thrust can be made in fencing.

(music) An interval of a third.

(obs.) A third.

An old unit of liquid measure, equal to¹₃ pipe (42 gallons)

A cask of this capacity, between a barrel and a hogshead in size.

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.

A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.

(fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.

(religion, Roman Catholic) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.

(games) A sequence of three cards of the same suit.