<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons</li><li>a cask or vessel holding this quantity</li><li>Ecclesiastical: 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.)</li><li>Fencing: the third of eight defensive positions</li><li>Piquet: a sequence of three cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, and queen tierce major, or a king, queen, and jack tierce minor</li><li>Obsolete: a third or third part</li></ul>