Han Maenen wrote in USMA 23860:
The French yard , or better, ell (aune) was about 1.13 m; the Napoleonic aune (used between 1812 and 1840) was 1.20 m exactly. The old French ell had about the length of the English ell, which was 45 inches or about 1.12 m long.Han
I had previously written about the French toise and verge. Could it be that the toise and verge were used to measure short and medium distances and that the aune was used to measure cloth, like the British ell?
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Joseph B. Reid
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