ell : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ell	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ell n an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
L \L\ ([ecr]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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ell \Ell\, n. (Arch.) See {L}.