c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) 14764 Þa þe rihȝen tailes hangede a þan clarkes.
c1400 (Rawl. B. 171) 97 Seynt Austyn..þere prechede..þe payne~mys þerfor..caste on him righe tailes..and..þe guttes of ryghe [etc.].
1480 W. Caxton xcvii The paynyms..hym scorned and cast on hym reigh tailles, so that al his mantel was honged full of reigh tailles.