Middle English Dictionary Entry
alǒuring n.
Entry Info
| Forms | alǒuring n. Also alur-, alor-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. alour.
1.
A parapet or railing (as of a church or bridge).
Associated quotations
- (1412) Indent.Church Catterick8 : He sall make apon the cornere..a franche botras rising vnto the tabill yt sall bere the aloring.
- (1412) Indent.Church Catterick9 : With a ualuryng [read: an aluryng] abowne, that is to say with a course of aschelere and a course of creste.
- (1421) Indent.Catterick in Archaeol.J.757 : Ye forsaid brigg schall have atabill of hewyn stane vndir ye Alluryng.