tache

Etymology 1

Clipping of moustache or mustache.

noun

  1. (informal) Moustache, mustache.

Etymology 2

From French tache (“a spot”). See tetchy.

noun

  1. (now rare) A spot, stain, or blemish.
    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

Etymology 3

See tack (“a kind of nail”).

noun

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

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