tayle

tayle

1. alternative form of tayl

tayle

1. a tally; an account scored on a piece of wood
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     For whether he payde, or toke by tayle

     For whether he paid, or took by tally