Answer: taille

AnswerCrossword Clue
TAILLETax which helped bring on the French Revolution.
TAILLEA waist: Fr.
TAILLEDressmaking term.
TAILLECutting: Fr.
TAILLEFrench feudal tax
taillea former French tax
tailletax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt
taille(in dressmaking) the waist or bodice of a garment