taille

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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

Whether that he paid or took by taille.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.(O. F. Law) 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.— A. Smith.[1913 Webster]

3.(Mus.) The French name for the tenor voice or part; also, for the tenor viol or viola. [1913 Webster]