'Tierce' definitions:

Definition of 'tierce'

noun

The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. [syn: terce, tierce]

noun

The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one [syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce- ace]

noun

One of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement" [syn: one-third, third, tierce]

From: GCIDE

Tierce \Tierce\, n. [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.]
1. 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. [1913 Webster]
2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment. [1913 Webster]
3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. [1913 Webster]
4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. [1913 Webster]
5. (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. [1913 Webster]
6. (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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]