tailloir

French

Noun

tailloir m (plural tailloirs)

abacus (uppermost member of the capital of a column)

Further reading

“tailloir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

tailler (“to cut”) +‎ -oir.

Noun

tailloir m (plural tailloirs)

a plate or board upon which food is cut before it is served

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