alow

¹ American  

[uh-loh] / əˈloʊ /

adverb

Nautical.

1. below decks.

2. (on a square-rigged sailing ship) in the lower rigging, specifically, below the lower yards (aloft ).

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alow ² American  

[uh-loh] / əˈloʊ /

Or alowe

adjective

Northern British Dialect.

1. ablaze; aflame.

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alow British  

/ əˈləʊ /

adverb

1. (postpositive) nautical in or into the lower rigging of a vessel, near the deck

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Etymology

Origin of alow¹

1350–1400; earlier, downward, lower down, Middle English aloue; a- ¹, low ¹

Origin of alow²

1150–1200; Middle English o loghe, a lowe; a- ¹, low ³

Example Sentences

The Social Security Administration’s policy will alow people to select their sex in records “without needing to provide documentation of their sex designation,” Ms. Kijakazi said.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Up comes the skipper from down below, And he looks aloft and he looks alow.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

All was drawing alow and aloft; everyone was in the bravest spirits, because we were now so near an end of the first part of our adventure.

From Treasure Island by Winter, Milo

You’d better look around, alow and aloft, and see if she ain’t to be found.

From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret

Nor guilty Paris; nay, the Gods, the Gods who pity nought, Have overturned your lordship fair, and laid your Troy alow.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William