Tierce

Tierce comes from the Latin word for "third" and can refer to:

• Tierce - an old English unit of volume
• Tierce - an organ stop, also known as a seventeenth
• Tierce (fencing) - a fencing maneuvre
• Tierce (CMS) - an open-source content management system
• Tierce - a sixtieth part of a second
• Tierce de Picardie (Picardy third) - a harmonic device used in European classical music
• Tierce - a horse racing bet type; also known as a Trifecta
• Among hunters, a collection of three (“a brace and a half” or tierce) -- or three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks or hares — is called “a leash.”^[1][2][3]
• Tierced in heraldry, the dividing of the field into 3 sections, per pale or per fess

See also

• Tiercé – a commune in France
• Terce - the third liturgical hour

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