tache

plural taches · alternative 'tache · alternative tash · alternative 'stache · alternative stache · alternative stash

1. informalMoustache, mustache.

plural taches · alternative tatch

1. archaicA spot, stain, or blemish.

   the herynge or seynge of any vice or euyl tache

   1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

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   Alone I cared for our mother who did little else but stare at taches on floor and ceiling.

   1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 95

plural taches

1. Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch, loop, button.

   And thou shalt make fiftie taches of gold, and couple the curtaines together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

   1611, King James Bible, “xxvi.vi”, in Exodus, Barker edition

plural Taches

1. A placename
   1. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of La Tache, alternative form of La Tâche.
   2. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Le Tache, alternative form of Le Tâche.
2. countableuncountableA surname from French. (Alternative form of Taché)