A fortified walkway or wall passage in medieval castles, especially the open wall-top where defenders could move and fight.
From Old French 'alure' meaning 'gait' or 'pace,' from 'aler' (to go); originally described the path along which sentries walked on castle walls.
Castle architects designed alures so defenders could move quickly and safely while raining arrows on attackers below—the name literally comes from 'the way soldiers walk,' which is exactly what it was.
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