Definition of TAILLE. Meaning of TAILLE. Synonyms of TAILLE

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Definition of TAILLE

Taille
Taille Taille, n. [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) 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.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.

Meaning of TAILLE from wikipedia

- The taille (French pronunciation: [taj]) was a direct land tax on the French peasantry and non-nobles in Ancien Régime France. The tax was imposed on each...
- Look up Taille or taille in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Taille was a land tax in Ancien Régime France. Taille may also refer to: Lower-grade juice...
- Taillé aux greubons is a salted bakery specialty from Vaud, in Switzerland. "Greubon" is a Swiss term for the crackling produced as residue from rendering...
- Sophie Taillé-Polian (French pronunciation: [sɔfi taje pɔljɑ̃]; née Taillé; born 4 October 1974) is a French politician who has represented Val-de-Marne's...
- The taille, also called the taille de hautbois or the alto oboe, was a Baroque tenor oboe pitched in F. It had a straight body, an open bell, and two keys...
- B****e-taille (bahss-tah-ee) is an enamelling technique in which the artist creates a low-relief pattern in metal, usually silver or gold, by engraving...
- 000 kg of grapes (a marc), while the following 500 litres are known as the taille (tail), and are expected to give wines of a co****r character. Many Champagne...
- Emmanuel de La Taille (16 July 1932 – 13 October 2021) was a French journalist and television producer. He worked for TF1, where he was an economic correspondent...
- Jean de La Taille (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ də la taj]; c.1540 – c.1607) was a French poet and dramatist born in Bondaroy. He studied the humanities...
- Defence and Intervention Frigate) or FDI, formerly denominated Frégate de Taille Intermédiaire (English: Medium-Size Frigate) or FTI, is a programme launched...