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.]
2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in
connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also
ell.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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