allonge

noun
/əˈlʌnʒ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French allonge (“a lengthening”). Doublet of lunge.

  1. borrowed from allonge

Definitions

  1. A slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument to hold endorsements should the…

    A slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument to hold endorsements should the document itself be unable to hold any more.

  2. A thrust or pass

    A thrust or pass; a lunge.

  3. To thrust with a sword

    To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for allonge. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA