alnage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. historical
    — Poets and kings are but the clerks of Time, Tiering the same dull webs of discontent, Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.
  2. A duty paid for such measurement. historical

词形变化

alnages plural ulnage alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
alnager

词源

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.
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