tiercéadj.n.²

/tjɛrsɛ/

/ˈtɪəseɪ/

Etymology: < French tiercé, -ée, < tiercer to divide into three parts (13th cent. in Godefroy).

A. adj.

Heraldry. Said of a field divided en tiercé, i.e. into three equal parts all of different tinctures: cf. tierce n.¹ 9. Also anglicized as tierced adj.

/tɪəst/

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > into three parts

triparted1688

tiercé1725

tripartite1796

1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) Tiercé,..a French Term importing that the Shield is divided into three equal Parts, when those Parts are of as many different Colours or Metals.

1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxxii. 471.

1883 Chambers's Encycl. (at cited word) A shield may be tiercé in pale, in fess, in bend, in bend sinister, or in pall; all which, with other arrangements in tierce, are common in French heraldry.

B. n.² Also tierce.

1. A method of betting in which the first three horses in a race have to be named in the correct order.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet

swoopstake1599

by-beta1627

levant1714

even money1732

play or pay bet1738

side bet1769

long shot1796

sweep1849

pay-or-play1853

sweepstake1861

pari-mutuel1868

to go a raker1869

flutter1874

skinner1874

by-wager1886

plunge1888

accumulator1889

saver1891

mutuel1893

quinella1902

parlay1904

Sydney or the bush1924

treble1924

daily double1930

all-up1933

round robin1944

double1951

twin double1960

perfecta1961

pool1963

lose bet1964

tiercé1964

Yankee bet1964

Yankee1967

nap1971

superfecta1971

tricast1972

triple1972

trixie1973

telebetting1974

trifecta1974

over-and-under1975

over-under1981

spread bet1981

1964 A. Wykes Gambling viii. 195 The French have developed a special way of betting... It is called ‘Tiercé’ and involves the selection of three horses to finish first, second, and third in specified races held on Sundays and holidays.

1966 Economist 24 Dec. 1336/4 The French happily bet vast sums on the tierce.

1981 Times 30 June 6/6 It was the third time since..May, 1968 that the Tiercé fixtures had not taken place.

2. A French horse race at which this method prevails.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race

wild-goose race1594

wild goose chase1597

bell-course1607

Palio1673

stake1696

paddock course1705

handicap1751

by-match1759

pony race1765

give and take plate1769

sweepstake1773

steeplechase1793

mile-heat1802

steeple race1809

welter1820

trotting-race1822

scurry1824

walkover1829

steeple hunt1831

set-to1840

sky race1840

flat race1848

trot1856

grind1857

feeler1858

nursery1860

waiting race1868

horse-trot1882

selling plate1888

flying milea1893

chase1894

flying handicap1894

prep1894

selling race1898

point-to-point1902

seller1922

shoo-in1928

daily double1930

bumper1946

selling chase1965

tiercé1981

1981 Times 30 June 6/5 Frenchmen had to do without the ‘Tiercé’..yesterday.

3. figurative.

ΚΠ

1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Sept. 941/4 She had achieved a far more considerable success, having managed both to break up her sister Eliza's marriage..and, better still, indirectly to cause the death of her infant niece... This was not a tiercé, but it was a considerable double triumph.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	tiercé
释义	tiercéadj.n.² /tjɛrsɛ//ˈtɪəseɪ/ Etymology: < French tiercé, -ée, < tiercer to divide into three parts (13th cent. in Godefroy). A. adj. Heraldry. Said of a field divided en tiercé, i.e. into three equal parts all of different tinctures: cf. tierce n.¹ 9. Also anglicized as tierced adj. /tɪəst/ ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > into three parts triparted1688 tiercé1725 tripartite1796 1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) Tiercé,..a French Term importing that the Shield is divided into three equal Parts, when those Parts are of as many different Colours or Metals. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xxxii. 471. 1883 Chambers's Encycl. (at cited word) A shield may be tiercé in pale, in fess, in bend, in bend sinister, or in pall; all which, with other arrangements in tierce, are common in French heraldry. B. n.² Also tierce. 1. A method of betting in which the first three horses in a race have to be named in the correct order. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet swoopstake1599 by-beta1627 levant1714 even money1732 play or pay bet1738 side bet1769 long shot1796 sweep1849 pay-or-play1853 sweepstake1861 pari-mutuel1868 to go a raker1869 flutter1874 skinner1874 by-wager1886 plunge1888 accumulator1889 saver1891 mutuel1893 quinella1902 parlay1904 Sydney or the bush1924 treble1924 daily double1930 all-up1933 round robin1944 double1951 twin double1960 perfecta1961 pool1963 lose bet1964 tiercé1964 Yankee bet1964 Yankee1967 nap1971 superfecta1971 tricast1972 triple1972 trixie1973 telebetting1974 trifecta1974 over-and-under1975 over-under1981 spread bet1981 1964 A. Wykes Gambling viii. 195 The French have developed a special way of betting... It is called ‘Tiercé’ and involves the selection of three horses to finish first, second, and third in specified races held on Sundays and holidays. 1966 Economist 24 Dec. 1336/4 The French happily bet vast sums on the tierce. 1981 Times 30 June 6/6 It was the third time since..May, 1968 that the Tiercé fixtures had not taken place. 2. A French horse race at which this method prevails. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 1981 Times 30 June 6/5 Frenchmen had to do without the ‘Tiercé’..yesterday. 3. figurative. ΚΠ 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Sept. 941/4 She had achieved a far more considerable success, having managed both to break up her sister Eliza's marriage..and, better still, indirectly to cause the death of her infant niece... This was not a tiercé, but it was a considerable double triumph. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.²1725
随便看	to be by way of to be by with it to be called to one's reward to be called to the bar to be called within the bar to be capped to to be carried with to be cast in a mould to be cast in a particular mould to be cater cousins to be caught holding one's dick to be caught in the toil to be caught in the toil of to be caught inside to be caught out to be caught red-handed to be caught redhanded to be caught short to be caught with one's pants down to be caught with one's trousers down to be cheap of to be cheap served to be checked to be cherokee to to be clear grit

tiercéadj.n.2

tiercéadj.n.²