"alnage" meaning in All languages combined

See alnage on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɔːlnɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alnage.wav [Southern-England] Forms: alnages [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aulnage}} Middle English aulnage, {{der|en|fro|alnage}} Old French alnage, {{m|fro|aulnage}} aulnage, {{cog|fr|aunage}} French aunage, {{m|fro|alne||ell}} alne (“ell”), {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{cog|goh|elina}} Old High German elina, {{cog|got|𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰||cubit}} Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”), {{m|en|ell}} ell Head templates: {{en-noun}} alnage (plural alnages)
  1. (historical) 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. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-alnage-en-noun-MnDxi375 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12
  2. (historical) A duty paid for such measurement. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-alnage-en-noun-zCuCHkOw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ulnage [obsolete] Derived forms: alnager

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for alnage meaning in All languages combined (3.3kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "alnager"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "aulnage"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English aulnage",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "alnage"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French alnage",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "aulnage"
      },
      "expansion": "aulnage",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "aunage"
      },
      "expansion": "French aunage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "alne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ell"
      },
      "expansion": "alne (“ell”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "elina"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German elina",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cubit"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ell"
      },
      "expansion": "ell",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alnages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "alnage (plural alnages)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1896, Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Clerks",
          "roman": "Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.",
          "text": "Poets and kings are but the clerks of Time,\nTiering the same dull webs of discontent,",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-alnage-en-noun-MnDxi375",
      "links": [
        [
          "Measurement",
          "measurement"
        ],
        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "ell",
          "ell"
        ],
        [
          "inspection",
          "inspection"
        ],
        [
          "measurement",
          "measurement"
        ],
        [
          "woollen",
          "woollen"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "British",
          "British"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A duty paid for such measurement."
      ],
      "id": "en-alnage-en-noun-zCuCHkOw",
      "links": [
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A duty paid for such measurement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔːlnɪd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alnage.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-alnage.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-alnage.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-alnage.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-alnage.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ulnage"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alnage"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Germanic languages",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alnager"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "aulnage"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English aulnage",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "alnage"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French alnage",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "aulnage"
      },
      "expansion": "aulnage",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "aunage"
      },
      "expansion": "French aunage",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "alne",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ell"
      },
      "expansion": "alne (“ell”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "elina"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German elina",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cubit"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ell"
      },
      "expansion": "ell",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alnages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "alnage (plural alnages)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1896, Edwin Arlington Robinson, The Clerks",
          "roman": "Clipping the same sad alnage of the years.",
          "text": "Poets and kings are but the clerks of Time,\nTiering the same dull webs of discontent,",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Measurement",
          "measurement"
        ],
        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "ell",
          "ell"
        ],
        [
          "inspection",
          "inspection"
        ],
        [
          "measurement",
          "measurement"
        ],
        [
          "woollen",
          "woollen"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "British",
          "British"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A duty paid for such measurement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A duty paid for such measurement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔːlnɪd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alnage.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-alnage.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-alnage.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-alnage.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-alnage.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ulnage"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alnage"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.