retaillement (c.1170)
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retaillement (c.1170)

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[ FEW: 13/i,47b taliare; Gdf: 7,136b retaillement; GdfC: ∅; TL: 8,1109 retaillement; DEAF:  taillier 1 (retaillement); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
retailement  

The present citation was included in AND1 under the entry recelement, ‘concealment’ as the manuscript reading of the citation was reçailement. However, the editor of Corset ants reads the word as retailement and defines the word as ‘curtailment’.

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1curtailment, abridgement: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Li message sunt fier, si dient fierement Quant k'enchargié lur fu sanz nul retaillement  1363
2curtailment, diminution, reduction: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  De touz vos pecchez, touz vos mals, Petiz, maens et criminauls, [...] l'ure et le tens [...], Le liu, le fait et le cument, La lungour del retailement =of sin  1860
retaillage  retaille  retailler 
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retaillement