alnage
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English aulnage, from Old French alnage, aulnage (modern French aunage), from alne (“ell”), of Germanic origin: compare Old High German elina, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”). See ell.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɔːlnɪd͡ʒ/
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Noun
[edit]alnage (plural alnages)
- (historical) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell, specifically, official inspection and measurement of woollen cloth, and attestation of its value by the affixing of a lead seal, as was once required by British law.
- 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.
- (historical) A duty paid for such measurement.
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[edit]References
[edit]- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248.
- “alnage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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