Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| hollanti | drieklank |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (obsolete) A third.
- (religion, Roman Catholicism) Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service.
- (now historical) A cask of a certain size, or its volume used as a measure of capacity. Larger than a barrel but smaller than a hogshead.
- (music) The third tone of the scale. See mediant.
- (card games) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.
- (fencing) The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (heraldry) An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag.
- (obsolete) 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.)
Esimerkit
- Have an eye to the molasses tierce, Mr. Stubb; it was a little leaky, I thought.
- Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | tierces |