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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024taille (tāl; Fr. tä′yə),USA pronunciation n., pl. tailles (tālz; Fr. tä′yə).USA pronunciation - World History[French Hist.]a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- Clothing(in dressmaking) the waist or bodice of a garment.
- [Obs.]the shape of one's body from shoulders to waist;
figure;
build. - French: literally, a cutting; see tail2
- 1545–55
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