English Explanatory Dictionary

taglia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

taglia taglias

Etymology

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

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