*taillé, -e, part., cut, carved, trimmed. Être bien —; to be well-knit.
*taille-crayons, n.m., (—-—s) pencil-pointer.
*taille-légumes, n.m., vegetable cutter.
*taille-mèche, n.m. (—-—s) wick-cutter.
*taille-mer, n.m., (—) (nav.) cutwater.
*taille-plume, n.m., (—-—s) pen-cutter.
*tailler, v.a., to cut, to cut out; to carve; to hew; to trim, to prune; to make, to mend (pens); to frame, to tally, to deal (cards). — un diamant; to cut a diamond. — des arbres; to prune trees. — un habit; to cut out a coat. — des plumes; to make pens. — une armée en pièces; to cut an army to pieces. — de la besogne à; to cut out work for; to give a great deal of trouble to. — des bavettes; (fam.) to gossip, to chatter, to spin yarns.
*tailler, v.n., to cut (shape). Il peut — en plein drap; he has everything at his command. — de l’avant; (nav.) to go very fast, to make good headway.
se tailler, v.r., to be cut, etc.
*tailleur, n.m., tailor; cutter; hewer; banker (at faro). — de pierre; stone-cutter or mason. — d’habits; tailor. Garçon —; journeyman tailor. — à façon; jobbing tailor.