taille (countable and uncountable, plural tailles)
(historical) A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.
(obsolete) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
(music, obsolete) The tenor voice or part.
(music, obsolete) The part for the tenor viol or viola.
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Source: Wiktionary
Taille, n. Etym: [F. See Tally, Tailor.]
1. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. [Obs.] Whether that he paid or took by taille. Chaucer.
2. (O. F. Law)
Definition: Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm. A. Smith.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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