tierce
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An old large wooden barrel used to hold about forty two gallons
- noun
- /tɪərs/
- Archaic
:
tercia
- A tierce was commonly used as a standard measure for shipping rum in the 18th century.
Examples
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In the old cellar, they discovered a dusty tierce once used for storing wine.
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The barrel held a full tierce of wine.
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The merchant ordered a tierce of olive oil for his shop.
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How many tierces are in that shipment?
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The merchant ordered a tierce of olive oil for his shop.
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In the old cellar, they discovered a dusty tierce once used for storing wine.
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A tierce was commonly used as a standard measure for shipping rum in the 18th century.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tierce as a cask or measure also comes from Latin tertia 'third' because it was one-third of a larger barrel, so the name came to mean a large barrel holding about 42 gallons.
