taglia

English

Etymology

Italian taglia (“a cutting, a pulley”), from tagliare (“to cut”). See tailor.

Noun

taglia (plural taglias)

1. (engineering, obsolete) A particular system of fixed and movable pulleys; a tackle with a set of sheaves in a fixed block and another set in a movable block to which the weight is attached.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “taglia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

Etymology 1

From the verb tagliare (“to cut”). Compare French taille.

Noun

taglia f (plural taglie)

1. size (of clothes etc)
2. reward (criminal)

Derived terms

• taglieggiare

Etymology 2

Verb

taglia

1. third-person singular present of tagliare
2. second-person singular imperative of tagliare

See also

• taglio

Anagrams

• Galati

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Romansch

Etymology

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Noun

taglia f (plural taglias)

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter) waist

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) vita
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) veta