Thesaurus: ell
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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- n. 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.
- n. See L.
- n. an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
- 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. See L.
- A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of differentlengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, theDutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
- n:100 n. an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building