Also applied to the tenor voice and to the tenor species of wind-instruments: as, taille de basson, the tenor oboe or tenoroon.n. A Middle English form of tail, 1.n. Cut as to form or figure, especially with reference to proportionate stature; build; make: used of persons, but only as a French word.n. In old French law, a tax, tailage, or subsidy; any imposition levied by the king or any other lord on his subjects.n. In English law, the fee or holding which is opposite to fee simple.n. In dressmaking: The waist or bodice of a gown.n. The style or fit of the waist or bodice of a gown. [In both senses an adaptation of the French term.]n. In music, same as viola.In heraldry, party per bend sinister.