• (n.) An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour.
Al`eu·rom'e·ter noun [ Greek ... flour + -meter .] An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight. 
An aleurometer is a device used in bread making for measuring the quality of wheaten flour. The indications depended upon the expansion of the gluten contained in a given quantity of flour when freed of its starch by pulverization and repeated washings with water.
aleurometer An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour.