noun Download 🔗Share The third hour of daylight (about 9 am). Examples : "The farmers began their work in the fields at tierces, hoping to finish before the midday heat. " time religion Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The service appointed for this hour. Examples : "The church bells announced the tierces, signaling the midday service was about to begin. " religion service time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property. Examples : "Since her husband died without a will and left her with no other means of support, the widow claimed her tierces, entitling her to a third of his property's income for the rest of her life. " property right family law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A third. Examples : "The pie was divided into three equal slices, with each person getting their tierces. " number math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A measure of capacity equal to a third of a pipe, or a cask or other vessel holding such a quantity; a cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which wine or salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment. Examples : "The shipping company used several tierces to transport the rice from the farm to the port. " nautical business commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The third tone of the scale. See mediant. Examples : "While learning the musical scale, my teacher explained that the tierces (the third note) often create a feeling of gentle resolution. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major. Examples : ""In some card games, holding two tierces significantly improves your chances of winning the hand." " game sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height. Examples : "The fencing instructor explained that the tierces position requires the sword hand to be held at waist level, with the point of the blade pointed at head height. " position sport military weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag. Examples : "The heraldry book showed shields divided into three vertical sections, each of the side sections being called tierces. " heraldry title color Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.) Examples : "The scientist measured the reaction time to the nearest tierce, finding it to be 0.0001667 seconds. " time math number unit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading