tierce: Meaning and Definition of

tierce

1. an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
2. a cask or vessel holding this quantity.
3. the third of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the third hour of the day (or 9 a.m.).
4. the third of eight defensive positions.
5. a sequence of three cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, and queenor a king, queen, and jack
6. a third or third part.