Definitions
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- n. A walk or passage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds.
from The 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.
Etymologies
Old French alure, aleure, walk, gait, from aler (French aller) to go. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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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.
fbharjo commented on the word alure
a walk or passageway
July 5, 2009