taille means A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
taille is pronounced /taɪ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French taille (“cut”, noun). Doublet of tally.
noun
- A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.“The main royal tax was the taille, a tax on landed wealth, distributed among the généralités and assessed and levied in a variety of ways, and it was supplemented by a range of other direct taxes [...].”
- The tenor voice or part, especially the part for the tenor viol or viola