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Noun

1. 1
   A walkway or passageway. obsolete

   "The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble."

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tempttemptallurementappealarrestattract

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"The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble."

Etymology

From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure (modern French aller).

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