English Explanatory Dictionary

tailzie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.

Word forms

tailzie tailzies tailzee tailye

Etymology

From French tailler (“to cut”). See tail (“a limitation”). For the z, compare etymology of English Mackenzie.

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