单词 | taille |
释义 | taille /tayl/; Fr. /tah"yeu/, n. , pl. tailles /taylz/; Fr. /tah"yeu/. 1. French Hist. 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. Obs. the shape of one's body from shoulders to waist; figure; build. [1545-55; < F: lit., a cutting; see TAIL2] |
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