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English cloth measure, once used for tax purposes
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alnage
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n. 1 measurement (of cloth) by the ell. 2 A duty paid for such measurement.
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Alnage , or aulnage (from Fr. aune , ell) is the official supervision of the shape and quality of manufactured woollen cloth . It was first ordered in the reign of Richard I that "woollen cloths, wherever they are made, shall be of the same width, to wit, ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alnage \Al"nage\ ([a^]l"n[asl]j), n., [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.
Usage examples of alnage.
Poets and kings are but the clerks of Time, Tiering the same dull webs of discontent, Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.