▪ I. † aˈllonge, v. Obs. rare—1.
[a. Fr. allonge-r to lengthen, draw out, lunge; f. à to + long long; or ? f. late L. allongāre.]
To lunge.
| 1668 R. Lestrange Vis. Guevedo (1708) 80 He..leapt a step backward, and with great agility, alonging withal. |
▪ II. † aˈllonge, n.1 Obs.
[a. Fr. allonge lengthening, drawing out, etc.; f. allonger: see prec.]
1. A lunge, thrust.
| 1731 Bailey, Allonge, a thrust or pass at the enemy. 1755 in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |
2. A long rein, when the horse is trotted in the hand. J.
▪ III. ‖ allonge, n.2
(aˈlɔ̃ʒ)
[a re-adoption of the Fr. word.]
A slip of paper gummed to the end of a bill of exchange or promissory note, to give room for further endorsements when the back of the document itself will hold no more.
| 1862 Byles Bills of Exch. (ed. 8) 138 The supernumerary indorsements may be written on a slip of paper annexed to the bill, called, in French, an allonge. |