auln

noun

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;”

   “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. the auln; a second sort of ratteens, mad with French wool, an auln broad, 11 liv. the auln.”

   “The Père Simon, cited by Picart, makes mention of a custom prevailing amongst the Jews at the occurrence of a death; the mourners who are in attendance rend their garments, but so as to occasion no material injury to them—making only a small tear, about an eighth of an auln to the left, except when the mourning is for a father, or mother, or a child, when all the robes are torn on the right side.”

   “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 .”

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 when it is cold, strain it, and use it with the Rod: some add a little Salt.”

   “The yearly produce, on an average, amounts to 110,000 aulns.”

   “An Auln of Hock, 30 imperial gallons”