Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An alley; a walk.
- n. A passage, gangway, or gallery in a building.
- n. A covered passage; a cloister.
- n. In medieval milit. arch., a footway on the summit of a wall or rampart, behind the battlements; also, the passageway within the hoarding or bratticing.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.
Etymologies
- Old French alure, aleure, walk, gait, from aler (French aller) to go. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Her black hair was cut short, but somehow she always managed to have her bangs covering one eye to give her an additional bit of alure.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘alure’.
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When a door is ajar
Words with the prefix "a"
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Adjectives
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random thoughts
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fbharjo a walk or passageway Jul 5, 2009