Auln
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Auln is a noun meaning (obsolete) An ell (unit of measure).
Meaning
(obsolete) An ell (unit of measure).
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A barrel (as a measure for wine).
Example Sentences
An Auln of Hock, 30 imperial gallons
The yearly produce, on an average, amounts to 110,000 aulns.
It was the additional weight of the four buttons and one-sixteenth of an auln of cloth, which, he said, must help to fatigue the soldier in his marching .
The Measure is here an Auln, by which all Commodities of Woollen and Linnen is measured, and is accounted 1 ¼ yards English, but those that have made tryal thereof find it to be 46 inches;
Word Forms
- aulns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aune, nawl, ulnage, aulnage, alew, neeld.
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