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taille definition

taille (tāl; Fry')

noun

a French feudal tax imposed by the king or a lord

Etymology: OFr < taillier, to cut: see tailor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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