tierce

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

A sequence of three cards of the same suit.

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

An interval of a third.

In heraldry, divided into three parts of three different tinctures.

A third; a third part.

Same as terce, 4.

A liquid measure equal to one third of a pipe. See pipe, 8. Also terce.

A cask intermediate in size between a barrel and a hogshead: as, a tierce of sugar; a tierce of rice or of salted provisions.