Zool. Also 7 allowes. [a. Fr. alose:—L. alōsa, alausa, the shad.] A fish of the Herring family, more commonly called the allice-shad (Alosa communis) found in the Severn.
1620. Venner, Via Recta, iv. 75. The Allowes is taken in the same places that Sammon is.
1777. Pennant, Brit. Zool. (1812), III. 463. The Severn Shad is sometimes caught in the Thames, though rarely, and called Allis (no doubt Alose, the French name) by the fishermen.
1882. Standard, 2 March, 2/8. The Allice shad is an excellent fish, and attains to a weight of four or five pounds.
