ell

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
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Webster's Dictionary (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.] [1913 Webster]

2.(Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also ell.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
Ell \Ell\, n. (Arch.) See L. [1913 Webster]
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