alure
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure (modern French aller).
Noun
alure (plural alures)
- (obsolete) A walkway or passageway.
- 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:
- The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble.
References
- “alure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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