Obs. rare–1. [a. Fr. allonge-r to lengthen, draw out, lunge; f. à to + long long; or ? f. late L. allongāre.] To lunge.
1668. R. L’Estrange, Vis. Guevedo (1708), 80. He … leapt a step backward, and with great agility, alonging withal.
