Al-lōnge'1, n.
(-lŭnj') (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. allonge, alonge, from allonger, to lengthen, stretch out, strike; Fr. long, Lat. longus, long.]
- A pass with a sword or rapier; a thrust made by stepping forward and extending the arm;—a term used in fencing, often contracted into lunge.
- A long rein, when a horse is trotted in the hand. Johnson.
- A paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements too numerous to be written on the bill itself. Ogilvie.