taille

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

taille, n. [F. See Tally, Tailor.].

•  A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.  [1913 Webster]

  "Whether that he paid or took by taille."  [1913 Webster]
•  Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects.  [1913 Webster]

  "The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages. It was a tax upon the profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm."  [1913 Webster]
•  The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola.  [1913 Webster]