tierce Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
terce.
noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; trine; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; trinity; terzetto.
noun one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
one-third; third.
- it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement

F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf. Terce, Tercet, Tertiary.

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.
(Mus.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
(Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
(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.

(Her.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.