tael Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces

WordNet

Tael noun
Etymology
Malay tal, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola, Skr. tula a balance, weight, tul to weigh.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913