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taillable (s.xiii4/4)

taillable (s.xiii4/4)

tayllable  (traillable (l. taillable))  
  FEW:  taliare 13/i,52a Gdf: GdfC:  taillable 10,738c TL: taillable 10,36 DEAF:  taillier 1 (taillable)  DMF:  taillable  TLF: OED:  talliable adj.  MED:  tailliable adj.  DMLBS:  taleabilis 3363a

a.

1lawtaxtalliable, subject to the payment of tallage
( s.xiii4/4 )  il sunt taillables al rey come ses serfs  Stats i 221
( 1285-1330 )  noz vyleins de Dakumbe qi sunt taillables a nostre volenté  Eastry Lett 425.28
( MS: 1330 )  lesqueux terres unt esté taxés et taillables avant ceo qe [...]  Rot Parl1 ii 50
( 1376 )  quant a ceo q[e] le maire et la comminalté diount qe l’abbé at esté taillé pur sa tannerie marchaundisable [...], l’abbé dit q’en temps des asquns des predecessours fuist chalengé d’avoir les predecessours le dit abbé traillable (l. taillable) ové les burgeis de la ville  Oxford Med Arch 200
2 capable of being carved, sculpted
( MS: s.xiiiex )  sculptilis: (C) tayllable (var. (D: s.xiiiex) entaliable )  TLL ii 169

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See also:

entaillable  taillage  taillager  taillandre  taillarde  taille1  tailler  taillieresse  taillur1  taillur2  tailourie  taillure  tailluré 
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taillable