Forms: 5–7 aulneger, 6 -geour, 7 -geor, alnageor, -eager, allnager, 7–8 alneger, 7–9 aulnager, 7– alnager. [a. OFr. aulnegeor, n. of action f. aulnage: see prec.] A sworn officer appointed to examine and attest the measurement and quality of woollen goods. The office was abolished by 11 & 12. Will. III. c. 20.
[Act 25 Edw. III., i. (1350). Totes maneres des draps vendables … soient aunez par le Auncour de Roi (16th c. transl. All manner of cloths vendible … shall be measured by the kings Aulnegeour).]
1581. Lambarde, Eiren., IV. iv. (1602), 416. Sundry other fees of Officers there be, as of Alnageours, Gaugeours.
1666. Lond. Gaz., lxvi/2. A Bill for Regulating old and new Draperies, and appointing an Alneagers Office for sealing them.
1755. Carte, Hist. Eng., IV. 149. Some abuses of the aulnager.
1838. J. Holt, in Mem., II. 32. I was deputy alnager … which produced me from £80 to £100. a year.
