contretaille (s.xiii2)
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contretaille (s.xiii2)

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  FEW:  taliare 13/i,50a Gdf:  contretaille 2,280b GdfC: ∅ TL: contretaille 2,806 DEAF:  contretaillier (*)  DMF:  contretaille  TLF: ∅ OED:  countertail n.  MED:  countretaille n.  DMLBS:  contratalea 474c
countretaille,  cuntretaille;  cuntretalie;  kontretalie  

s.

1merch.counter-tally (one half of a split tally retained by each person): 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  anticopa: cuntre-taylle  ii 25
( 1313-14 )  La cause est escrit sur la taille et par les noches put homme conustre la demande. Car s’il y eit plus mys (=on the tally) qe estre ne dust, joignez vostre contretaille et la faucez (=the false, incorrect one)  Ed II vii 35
( 1323 )  graunt noumbre des countretailles y demoerent  964
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