[Fr., f. allumer to set light to (:—late L. adlūmināre, f. ad to + lūmen light) + -ette dim. formative.] A match for lighting.
1848. Lowell, Poet. Wks. (1879), 127/2. Twisting an allumette out of one of you … and relighting my calumet.
1878. Lady Herbert, trans. Hübner’s Round the World, I. xii. 193. If any allumettes are discovered they are pitilessly confiscated.
1882. Froude, Carlyle, viii. 121. A faggot or two of cedar allumettes.
