See Also: aulnage(dictionary)

steno (oh) and aulnage (iou)


steno (oh)



informal
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: stenographer and stenography]
[C] a short form of stenographer
[U] a short form of stenography

aulnage (iou)



aulnage noun. Also alnage, aunage. LME.
[Old French alnage, (mod.) aunage, from alner, auner measure by the ell, from alne, AUNE: see -AGE. Cf. ULNAGE.]
Hist. The official measurement and inspection of cloth; the fee paid for this.
aulnager, alnager noun an officer appointed to measure and inspect cloth M16.