alure

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  1. An alley; a walk.
  2. A passage, gangway, or gallery in a building. The new alure between the king's chamber and the said chapel. Brayley, Houses of Parl., p. 127.
  3. A covered passage; a cloister. The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble, or cloisters. T. Warton, Eng. Poetry, II. xxiii.
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  1. from Middle English alure, alour, alur, aler, from Old French aleor, aleoir, gallery, passage, alley (cf. Old French aleure, alure, modern F. allure, gait, pace), from aler, French aller, go: see alley.
 

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