maille
US[meyl]/meɪl/1 syllable
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“maille” is listed under Mail.
Mail noun
Origin: F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.
1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. obsolete [Written also maile, and maille.]
2. Rent; tribute. Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.
Mail and duties Scots law, the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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