Aune (ōn), n.

(ōn), n. [Fr. aune, O. Fr. aulne, alne, Pr., It., & O. Sp. alna, Goth. aleina, O. H. Ger. elina, from Lat. ulna, elbow, ell, Gr. ὠλένη, elbow, armful. See ALNAGE.] A French cloth measure, of different lengths in different parts of the country; at Rouen, the same as an English ell; at Calais, 1.52; at Lyons, 1.061; at Paris, 0.95;—all now superseded by the meter.