tache

[ tach ]

nounArchaic.

a buckle; clasp.

Origin of tache

1400–50; late Middle English <Middle French <Germanic. See tack¹

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How to use tache in a sentence

Anneli Rufus talks to the bronzerati about polka-dot bodies, “tan-taches,” and crime-scene body outlines left on white bed sheets.
Spray-Tan Horror Stories | Anneli Rufus | July 7, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
In 1884 appeared a mad little review, Les Taches d'Encre, irregular in publication.
Egoists | James Huneker
Le tombeau de Scipion le Barbu est en pprin, ce tuf rugueux, gristre, sem de taches noires.
Walks in Rome | Augustus J.C. Hare
I travelled with a baste caravan for two years, sir; and there's nothing taches one to know mankind like the study of bastes!
The Fortunes Of Glencore | Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for tache (1 of 2)

tache¹

/ (tæʃ, tɑːʃ) /

noun

archaic a buckle, clasp, or hook

Origin of tache

C17: from Old French, of Germanic origin; compare tack 1

British Dictionary definitions for tache (2 of 2)

tache²

/ (tæʃ) /

noun

informal short for moustache

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