\Tal"lage\, Talliage \Tal"li*age\, n. [F. taillage. See
{Taille}, and cf. {Tailage}.] (O. Eng. Law)
A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior
tenants, toward the public expenses. [Written also {tailage},
{taillage}.]
Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage;
      when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not
      held by military tenure, hidage. --Blackstone.

\Tal"lage\, v. t.
To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.