taille

[teyl, tah-y^uh]

noun

plural

tailles 

1. French History.,  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.

2. (in dressmaking) the waist or bodice of a garment.

3. Obsolete.,  the shape of one's body from shoulders to waist; figure; build.

taille

/ taɪ, tɑj /

noun

1. (in France before 1789) a tax levied by a king or overlord on his subjects

Word History and Origins

Origin of taille¹

1545–55; < French: literally, a cutting; tail ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of taille¹

C17: from French, from Old French taillier to shape; see _tailor

Example Sentences

Taille – who has been using makeup since 2014 since he came out – says he uses it to question masculine stereotypes.

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His whites and sparkling wines are bottled under the Taille aux Loups label, and his reds under Domaine de la Butte.

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About half an hour’s drive east, in Montlouis-sur-Loire, Jacky Blot produces equally vivid wines at Domaine de la Taille aux Loups.

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Compared to modern champagne, the Baltic samples had considerably higher concentrations of metals such as iron and copper, which may have been the result of using a higher proportion of taille — a lesser quality juice from the second pressing of the grapes.

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Among the rare examples of this kind of wine that I have come across outside of Champagne is a bubbly called Triple Zero, from Domaine de la Taille Aux Loups, in the Loire Valley.

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