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alnage|ˈɔːlnɪdʒ|
Forms: 5–7 aulnage, 7 aulneage, 7– alnage.
[a. OFr. aulnage (mod. aunage), f. aulner, auner to measure by the ell; f. alne, aulne, aune ell (cogn. w. Pr. alna, auna, It. auna):—late L. alena, a. OTeut. *alina (Goth. aleina, ON. alin, OHG. elina, OE. eln, Eng. ell) cogn. w. L. ulna, Gr. ὠλένη the fore-arm.]
1. Measurement by the ell. spec. Official inspection and measurement of woollen cloth, and attestation of its value by the affixing of a leaden seal.
[1477Act 17 Ed. IV, v. in Pulton Coll. (1632) 379 To let to ferme the subsidie and aulnage of Clothes which ought to be sealed.] 1668Child Disc. Trade (1694) 3 The business of the Aulnage, which doubtless our predecessors intended for a scrutiny into the goodness of the commodity. 1736Carte Ormonde I. 141 Alnage was to remain as already settled by law.
2. The fee paid for the above measurement.
1622Rep. Hist. MSS. (1874) 311/2 The pettie farm (various items, viz... Alnage, {pstlg}820). 1689Atkins Parl. & Pol. Tracts (1734) 231 A Case that concerns meerly his Revenue, as this of the Aulneage was. |