Tierce is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter T and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.
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(n.) 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. |
(n.) A cask larger than a barrel and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon in which salt provisions rice etc. are packed for shipment. |
(n.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. |
(n.) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace king queen is called tierce-major. |
(n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. |