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, of two ells within the lists, and of the same goodness in the middle and sides.` This ordinanc.....
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• (n.) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.
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Al'nage (ăl'naj)
noun , [ Old French
alnage ,
aulnage , French
aunage , from Old French
alne ell, of German origin: confer Old High German
elina , Goth.
aleina , cubit. See
Ell .]
(O. Eng. Law) Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a du...
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