taille 的定义
plural tailles [teylz; French tah-yuh]. /teɪlz; French ˈtɑ yə/.
- 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.
- the waist or bodice of a garment.
- Obsolete. the shape of one's body from shoulders to waist; figure; build.
更多taille例句
- Her descendants have been exempted from the taille (poll tax)—a mean and shameful recompense!
- I will have a garment reach to my taille; Then am I a minion, for I wear the new guise.
- He said: "Elle n'est pas vraiment jolie, mais elle a une jolie taille, de beaux yeux, et des perles."
- At their own request, the King imposed on them a new taille of three thousand livres.
- He substituted for personal service on the roads a yearly rate, proportional in amount to the taille.