bbl vs tierce

bbl

noun
  • Numbers of barrels (casks) transported or sold, or the volume that they represent. 

  • Numbers of venturis in carburetion. 

  • Volumes of crude oil pumped, stored, or sold (in bulk). 

tierce

noun
  • 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. 

  • An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag. 

  • The third tone of the scale. See mediant. 

  • Synonym of terce: the third canonical hour or its service. 

  • A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major. 

  • The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height. 

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