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retaillement (c.1170)
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retaillement (c.1170)

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retailement  
  FEW:  taliare 13/i,47b Gdf:  retaillement 7,136b GdfC: ∅ TL: retaillement 8,1109 DEAF:  taillier 1 (retaillement)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

The present citation was included in AND1 under the entry recelement, ‘concealment’ as the manuscript reading of the citation was reçailement. However, the editor of Corset ants reads the word as retailement and defines the word as ‘curtailment’.

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1curtailment, abridgement: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Li message sunt fier, si dient fierement Quant k'enchargié lur fu sanz nul retaillement  Horn 1363
2curtailment, diminution, reduction: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  De touz vos pecchez, touz vos mals, Petiz, maens et criminauls, [...] l'ure et le tens [...], Le liu, le fait et le cument, La lungour del retailement (=of sin)  Corset ANTS 1860

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See also:

retaillage  retaille  retailler 
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retaillement