taille

/teyl; French tah-yuh/US // teɪl; French ˈtɑ yə //UK // (taɪ, French tɑj) //

尾巴,尾声,尾部,尾随

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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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.

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.