Also aulm-. [Fr.; = ALMONER2, q.v.] A purse formerly carried at the girdle.
1874. Ainsworth, Merry Eng., I. I. ii. 22. She was likewise provided with an aulmoniere, or silken purse.
1883. D. Goodale, in Harper’s Mag., July, 241/1. The little plush aumônière.
