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TIERCE [11 records]

Record 1 2008-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Establishments
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
CONT

The Alaska Salmon Packing and Fur Company built the first saltery near Ketchikan at Naha, near the outlet of Roosevelt Lagoon. This saltery began operations in 1883 when it packed 338 barrels. Salteries were constructed much like a barn with large tables inside where men split the fish in two and removed the intestines and blood. They scrubbed the fish and cleaned them with fresh water. The men placed the fish in rows with the skin side down inside of large barrels called "tierces. "Each tierce held about 800 pounds of fish. Workers added 16 pounds of salt(similar to table salt) for every 100 pounds of fish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements commerciaux
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

In 1954, when the rest of the world was betting only the daily double and win-place-show, the French invented the Tiercé wager, whose objective is to try to pick the first three horses across the finish line, in order.... Finally spotting a good thing, they added the Quarté wager(first four horses across the line) in 1987 and then, in 1989... the Quinté. So far there is no "Sixté" bet available, but if the franc and the euro keep falling against the dollar, stay tuned.

OBS

Type of bet / wager.

OBS

Term of French origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Type de pari qui, en France, consiste à désigner quatre chevaux d'une même course et à préciser l'ordre de leur classement à l'arrivée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A type of wager in which the bettor must select the first three finishing horses in precise order in a designated race in order to be entitled to a payoff.

CONT

In France, the most popular form of off-track wagering is the tiercé in which the better attempts to select the first three finishers in precise order.

CONT

In 1954, when the rest of the world was betting only the daily dobule and win-place-show, the French invented the Tiercé wager, whose objective is to try to pick the first three horses across the finish line, in order. In the U. S. this is known as the trifecta, and it's been available for no more than twenty years. The daily Tiercé race was televised nationally in France(it still is, almost every day) and a betting tidal wave ensued.

OBS

One of three types or bets in horse racing known as "combination wagers".

OBS

In the tiercé, the bettor will win a certain amount even if the betting order is incorrect.

OBS

tiercé : Term of French origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Pari qui consiste à désigner trois chevaux d'une même course et à préciser leur ordre de classement à l'arrivée.

OBS

En courses montées ou en courses attelées, un des trois types de paris connus sous le nom de «paris combinés». On dit parfois «un trifecta» en sous-entendant le mot «pari».

OBS

Terme de courses de chevaux.

OBS

Dans le tiercé, le parieur gagnera un certain montant même si l'ordre des paris n'est pas respecté.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
OBS

Hand pronated, point of blade above bell, protects outside high.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
OBS

La main à droite, les ongles en dessous, la pointe plus haute que la main.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 5 2001-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 6 2001-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 7 1986-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Barrel and Cask Making
DEF

A cask holding 42 gallons, larger than a barrel and smaller than a hogshead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Tonnellerie
DEF

Tierçon de 42 gallons.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
OBS

Se dit des fasces, bandes et barres très minces disposées trois par trois.

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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Record 11 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
OBS

--a mixture stop drawing separately or in conjunction with other mixtures ranks. [It] is normally pitched at a seventeenth above the unison.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
OBS

--jeu de mutation de l'orgue, qui sonne à la dix-septième du son fondamental ou à la tierce de la doublette.

Spanish

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