allure
- 01 C2 Proficiency
a path or walkway built along the top of a castle wall.
a walkway or wall-walk located along the top of a fortification, typically protected by a parapet.
Simple“The guards patrolled the allure of the castle throughout the night.”
In context“Restoration experts worked to preserve the medieval allure, ensuring the stone walkway remained safe for modern tourists to traverse.”
“Zhang knows the allure of rare books, occasionally pausing her work to read parts of the titles she scans.”
“Honeypots use their sexual allure to gather information, recruit assets, and set up blackmail stings.”
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.
From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.