auln

Noun

auln (plural aulns)

1. (obsolete) An ell (unit of measure).
   • 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;1677, Roberts Lewe, The Merchants Map of Commerce, page 176
   • They shewed us however some cloth, made as they say entirely of Spanish wool, at 3 liv. 10s the lb. which is not so good as their ratteens, made with ⅔ wool of Navarre and Roussillon, and ⅓ Spanish; they make some Navarre, an auln broad, at 11 liv. the auln; ratteens ¼ of an auln broad, at 22 liv....1794, Arthur Young, Travels During the Years 1787, 1788 and 1789, page 542
2. (obsolete) A barrel (as a measure for wine).
   • To amend the smell and Taste of French and Rhenish Wines, which are foul; take one Pound of Honey, an Handful of Elder-flowers, an Ounce of Orrice-powder, one Nutmeg, a few Cloves to an Auln of the Wine, boil them in a sufficient Quantity of the Wine to be cured, to the Consumption of half; and...1740, Philip Miller, The Gardener's Dictionary
   • The yearly produce, on an average, amounts to 110,000 aulns.1833, John Murray, The Physiology of Plants, page 179