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noun, feminine

taille-douce

/taj.dus/

noun, feminine/taj.dus/plural: tailles-douces

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

Antonyms: taille d'épargne

Literally, “soft-cutting”.