Alnage
Origin
Old French alnage, aulnage, French aunage, from Old French alne ell, of Germanic origin: compare Old High German elina, Gothic aleina, cubit. See ell.
Full definition of alnage
Noun
alnage
(plural alnages)- Measurement (of cloth) by the ell.
- 1896, Edwin Arlington Robinson, The ClerksPoets and kings are but the clerks of Time,Tiering the same dull webs of discontent,Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.
- A duty paid for such measurement.