Word: tierce
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tierce
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: tierce
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tertius
Language: la
Decoded: tertius
PoS: Numeral
Meaning: third, the ordinal number after second and before fourth