The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mail \Mail\, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.]
A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also maile, and maille.]
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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.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of mail English)
Wikipedia
Maille is a brand of mustards, cornichons, stoneware, salad dressings, kitchen gifts and oils which originated in Marseille, France in 1723. Today the company is a subsidiary of multinational consumer goods company Unilever. There are Maille boutiques around the world in Dijon, Paris, London, New York, and Bordeaux.
Maillé may refer to the following places in France:
- Maillé, Indre-et-Loire, a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, site of a 1944 war crime
- Maillé, Vendée, a commune in the Vendée department
- Maillé, Vienne, a commune in the Vienne department
Maille is an archaic spelling of mail (armour).
Maille also may refer to:
- Maille (company), seasoning company
- Maillé (disambiguation), any of several French villages
Usage examples of "maille".
Ne dreed hem nat, doth hem no reverence, For though thyn housbonde armed be in maille, The arwes of thy crabbed eloquence Shal perce his brest and eek his aventaille.