ell

noun4

1. •
   (historical) 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.

   • 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. — 1791
2. •
   An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.

   • I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell. — 1931
3. •
   Something that is L-shaped.
4. •
   The name of the Latin script letter L/l. (more commonly el)

   • 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. — 2004

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of English-language learner.
2. •
   Abbreviation of RNA polymerase II elongation factor: an enzyme found in Cajal bodies.