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taglia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
taglia
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Obsolete

Etymology

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

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

taglias (plural)

Questions

What does taglia mean?
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.
Where does taglia come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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