aulns

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
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