Ell
Ell , noun
[Anglo-Saxon eln; akin to Dutch el, elle, German elle, Old High German elina, Icelandic alin, Danish alen, Swedish aln, Gothic alenia, Latin ulna elbow, ell, Greek {not transcribed} elbow. Compare 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.
Ell , noun
(Architecture) See L.