Definitions
an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
Word origin
From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *alinu, from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Building wing”3 letters
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