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Webster 1913 Edition
Alnage
Al′nage
(ăl′nā̍j)
, Noun.
[OF.
alnage
, aulnage
, F. aunage
, fr. OF. alne
ell, of Ger. origin: cf. OHG. elina
, Goth. aleina
, cubit. See Ell
.] (O. Eng. Law)
Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.
Webster 1828 Edition
Alnage
AL'NAGE
,Noun.
A measuring by the ell.
Definition 2024
alnage
alnage
English
Noun
alnage (plural alnages)
- Measurement (of cloth) by the ell.
- 1896, Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Clerks
- Poets and kings are but the clerks of Time,
- Tiering the same dull webs of discontent,
- Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.
- 1896, Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Clerks
- A duty paid for such measurement.