taïaut or tayaut, n.m. (hunt.) tally-ho.
taïcoun, n.m., (—s) Tycoon.
taie, n.f., pillow-case; (med.) film, speck. — d’oreiller; pillow-case.
☉*taillable, adj., taxable (feud.).
*taillade, n.f., slash, gash, cut.
*taillader, v.a., to slash, to cut, to gash. Des manches tailladées; slashed sleeves.
*taillanderie, n.f., edge-tool trade; edge-tools.
*taillandier, n.m., edge-tool maker.
*taillant, n.m., edge (of a knife).
*taille, n.f., cutting, cut; edge of a sword; size, height, stature; shape, waist, figure; tally-stick; (hort.) pruning; (surg.) cystotomy; (mus.) tenor part; (feudalism) poll-tax; subsidy; deal (at cards); (mus.) tenor; (fig.) level. Frapper d’estoc et de —; to cut and thrust, or to hit right and left. La — des arbres; the pruning of trees. La — d’un habit; the cut of a coat. La — des pierres; the cutting of stones. Pierre de —; free-stone. Il est de ma —; he is my height. —-douce, (—s-—s) (engr.) copper-plate. Haute-—; (mus.) upper-tenor. Basse-—; (mus.) bass. Faire des coches sur une —; to tally. De — à; big enough to, quite capable of. Ils nous ont fait une France à leur —; (fig.) they have brought France down to their level (Béranger). Ma colère va haut et me monte à sa —; my anger knows no bounds and raises me to his level (V. Hugo).