Definition of ell Ell
/ɛˈl/ - [el] - El•l
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What does ell mean?
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NounPlural: ells |
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| ell - an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ell (n.)
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. - ell (n.)
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OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ell
An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ell
el, n. a measure of length originally taken from the arm: a cloth measure equal to 1¼ yd.—n. Ell′wand, a measuring rod.—Give him an inch and he'll take an ell, a proverb, signifying that to yield one point entails the yielding of all. [A.S. eln; Dut. el, Ger. elle, L. ulna, Gr. ōlenē.]
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The English unit of length ell is usually 45 inches, that means 1.143 m (for the international inch) It came from the length of the arm from the shoulder (or the elbow) to the wrist, although the exact length was never defined in English law.
Several different national forms existed, with different lengths: the Scottish ell (about 37 inches), the Flemish ell (about 27 inches) and the Polish ell (0.78 metres, about 31 inches).Sometimes "ell" is used as an other word for the cubit.
An ell-wand or ellwand was a rod of length one ell used for official measurement. Edward I of England ordered that every town should have one.
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🔤- ell, noun, singular of ells.
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