http://wordie.org/words/tierce Comments for the word 'Tierce' http://wordie.org/ http://wordie.org/words/tierce#comments "TIERCE, a thrust in which the back of the hand is upwards." (citation in Historical Military Terms list description) Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:22:31 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/tierce#comments http://wordie.org/words/tierce#comments "'... when he came to see us in England my father and I gave him some lessons: it was <a href="/words/riposte">riposte</a>, <a href="/words/counter-riposte">counter-riposte</a>, <a href="/words/parry">parry</a> or <a href="/words/tierce">tierce</a> all through that summer; but at least he survived.'"<br />--Patrick O'Brian, <i>The Letter of Marque</i>, 183 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:06:47 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/tierce#comments