Ell

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]


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     2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in
        connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also
        {ell}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ell \Ell\, n. (Arch.)
     See {L}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "ell":
     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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ELL. A measure of length. In old English the word signifies arm, which sense 
  it still retains in the word elbow. Nature has no standard of measure. The 
  cubit, the ell, the span, palm, hand, finger, (being taken from the 
  individual who uses them) varies. So of the foot, pace, mile, or mille 
  passuum. See Report on Weights and Measures, by the Secretary of State of 
  the United. States, Feb. 22, 1821; Fathom.