tier
/ˈtɪɚ/ noun C2- A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
- A rank or grade; a stratum. · Stoke City were playing in the second tier of English football before being promoted to the Premier League.
- A horizontal row of panels within a comic strip.
Plural tiers
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“By the governor’s orders,” said he, “conduct the prisoner to the tier beneath.”
“The one between the pillars on the first tier—it seems to have been fitted up entirely afresh.”
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