the act of cutting, pruning, trimming / size / waist / waistline / a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage

(usually uncountable) line engraving, copper-plate engraving (a type of engraving on copper plates where the design is made up of a series of lines) / (countable) print made on a board engraved using this method

pencil sharpener

(obsolete) bas-relief / (music) bass (voice)

waist cincher

plural of taille-crayon

major, significant, important, big, sizable

wasp waist (giving an hourglass figure)

cut stone, dressed stone, ashlar

waistline