3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Allonge \Al*longe"\, n. [F. allonge, earlier alonge, a lengthening. See {Allonge}, v., and cf. {Lunge}.] 1. (Fencing) A thrust or pass; a lunge. [1913 Webster] 2. A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider. [A French usage] --Abbott. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Allonge \Al*longe"\, v. i. [F. allonger; [`a] (L. ad) + long (L. longus) long.] To thrust with a sword; to lunge. [1913 Webster] From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: ALLONGE, French law. When a bill of exchange, or other paper, is too small to receive the endorsements which are to be made on it, another piece of paper is added to it, and bears the name of allonge. Pard. n. 343; Story on P. N. Sec. 121, 151; Story on Bills, 204. See Rider.
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