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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELL, n. [L. ulna.] A measure of different lengths in different countries, used chiefly for measuring cloth. The ells chiefly used in Great Britain are the English and Flemish. The English ell is three feet and nine inches, or a yard and a quarter. The Flemish ell is 27 inches, or three quarters of a yard. The English is to the Flemish as five to three. In Scotland, an ell is 37 2/10 English inches.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English eln, from Old English; akin to Old High German elina ell, Latin ulna forearm, Greek ?len? elbow, Sanskrit aratni Date: before 12th century a former English unit of length (as for cloth) equal to 45 inches (about 1.14 meters); also any of various units of length used similarly II. noun Etymology: alteration of ¹el Date: 1773 1. an extension at right angles to the length of a building 2. an elbow in a pipe or conduit

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. hist. a former measure of length, about 45 inches. Etymology: OE eln, rel. to L ulna: see ULNA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

L L ([e^]l), n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [Written also ell.] 2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also ell.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

L L ([e^]l), n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [Written also ell.] 2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also ell.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ell Ell, n. [AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. ? elbow. Cf. Elbow, Alnage.] A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ell Ell, n. (Arch.) See L.

Moby Thesaurus

L, addition, angle, annex, apex, arm, bend, bifurcation, bight, block, cant, chevron, coin, corner, crank, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, elbow, extension, fork, furcation, hook, inflection, knee, nook, point, quoin, swerve, veer, vertex, wing, zag, zig, zigzag