alure

alure
/al"yoor, -yeuhr/, n.
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
Also, allure.
[1250-1300; ME, also al(o)ur < OF aleure passage, equiv. to ale walk (see ALLEY1) + -ure -URE]

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