A regular row of anything. Also, a range in the hold; hence the terms, ground tier, second and upper tier, &c., of casks or goods stowed there.
♦ Cable-tier. The space in a ship where hempen cables were coiled.
·noun One who, or that which, ties. II. Tier ·noun A chold's apron covering the upper part of the b...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The place in a hold, or between decks, where the cables are coiled away. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The lowest water-casks in the hold before the introduction of iron tanks. It also implies anything e...
That kind of grapeshot which is secured in tiers by parallel iron discs. ...