Thesaurus: taille
A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
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Definitions
- n. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
- n. Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects.
- n. The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.
- Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon hissubjects.The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an exampleof those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of thefarmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm.A. Smith.
- n. A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. n. Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. n. The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.