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▪ I. † aˈllonge, v. Obs. rare—1.
[a. Fr. allonge-r to lengthen, draw out, lunge; f. à to + long long; or ? f. late L. allongāre.]
To lunge.
1668R. Lestrange Vis. Guevedo (1708) 80 He..leapt a step backward, and with great agility, alonging withal.
▪ II. † aˈllonge, n.1 Obs.
[a. Fr. allonge lengthening, drawing out, etc.; f. allonger: see prec.]
1. A lunge, thrust.
1731Bailey, Allonge, a thrust or pass at the enemy. 1755in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.
2. A long rein, when the horse is trotted in the hand. J.
▪ III. ‖ allonge, n.2|aˈlɔ̃ʒ|
[a re-adoption of the Fr. word.]
A slip of paper gummed to the end of a bill of exchange or promissory note, to give room for further endorsements when the back of the document itself will hold no more.
1862Byles Bills of Exch. (ed. 8) 138 The supernumerary indorsements may be written on a slip of paper annexed to the bill, called, in French, an allonge. |