*tailleuse, n.f., tailoress, cutter out (dress-making).
*taille-vent, n.m., sea-gull; (nav.) lug-sail.
*taillis, n.m. and adj., copse, coppice, thicket, underwood; cut. Bois —; copse.
*tailloir, n.m., trencher, platter; (arch.) abacus.
*taillon, n.m., nib (of a pen).
tain, n.m., foil, tin-foil, leaf-tin.
taire (taisant, tu), v.a., to say nothing of; to pass over in silence; to conceal, to suppress. Faire —; to silence, to reduce to silence, to hush; to gag (the press); to suppress, to lay aside.
se taire, v.r., to hold one’s tongue, or one’s peace, to be silent, to remain silent. Taisez-vous; hold your tongue, or tongues.
taisson, n.m., (mam.) badger.
taissonnière, n.f., badger’s hole.