Meaning of ell | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of RNA polymerase II elongation factor: an enzyme found in Cajal bodies.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
2. A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.
   historical
3. The name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el)
4. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
5. Alternative letter-case form of ell.
   alt-of
6. Initialism of English-language learner.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
7. An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
8. English language learner
9. A town and commune in Redange canton, Luxembourg.
   countable, uncountable
10. Something that is L-shaped.
11. Any of several historical units of measure, originally based on the length of the arm or forearm but later standardized at other lengths, such as the English ell of 45 inches (114 centimeters).
12. A village in Leudal municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
    countable, uncountable
13. a former measure of length, varying in different countries: in England equal to 45 inches (114 cm).
14. A subsidiary wing of a building, usually oriented at right angles to the main structure.
15. A right-angled bend in a pipe or conduit; an elbow.
16. (Units) an obsolete unit of length equal to approximately 45 inches
17. (Architecture) an extension to a building, usually at right angles and located at one end
18. (Building) a pipe fitting, pipe, or tube with a sharp right-angle bend
19. an extension usu. at right angles to one end of a building or room.
20. elbow (def. 4).

Equivalents

Examples

“At certain times in the ice-mountains of Switzerland there happen cracks which have shewn the great thickness of the ice, as some of these cracks have measured three or four hundred ells deep.”

“A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell.”

“Berkhyas is described as being a mountain in size, his face black, his body covered with hair, his neck like that of a dragon, two boar's tusks from his mouth, his eyes wells of blood, his hair bristling like needles, his height 140 ells, his breadth 17, pigeons nestling in his snaky locks.”

“If he had imputed to them conditions it was all his own doing: it came from his inveterate habit of abysmal imputation, the snatching of the ell wherever the inch peeped out, without which where would have been the tolerability of life?”

“I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.”

“I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.”

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