'Tael' definitions:
Definition of 'tael'
(from WordNet)
noun
A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
Definition of 'Tael'
From: GCIDE
- Tael \Tael\, n. [Malay ta[i^]l, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola, Skr. tul[=a] a balance, weight, tul to weigh.] A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale.] [1913 Webster] Taen