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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.
[L. ulna; Gr. an arm, a cubit. See Ell.]
A measuring by the ell.

Definition 2024


alnage

alnage

English

Noun

alnage (plural alnages)

  1. 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.
  2. A duty paid for such measurement.

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