Defn: Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects. The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm. A. Smith.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.
TAILLESS
Tail"less, a.
Defn: Having no tail. H. Spencer.
TAILLIE
Tail"lie, n. (Scots Law)
Defn: Same as Tailzie.
TAILOR Tai"lor, n. Etym: [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally, n.]
1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The mattowacca; — called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides.