Obs. [ad. It. altura height; f. alto:—L. altum height: see -URE.] Height, altitude.
a. 1547. Earl Surrey, Ps. lv. 29. From that the sun descends, Till he his alture win.
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, V. i. 127. Casamats … so low that they arriued not vnto the alture of the ditch.
