ell

• n.アール（布の長さの古い尺度）; L字; 側室; L字型のもの
• n. （エル）人名；（カンボジア語）Eyre；（ドイツ語、英語、ポルトガル語）Elle

語源的には肘、尺骨と同じ。

ell

ell: see elbow

ell (n.1)

unit of measure, Old English eln, originally "forearm, length of the arm" (as a measure, anywhere from a foot and a half to two feet), from PIE *el- (1) "elbow, forearm" (cognates: Greek olene "elbow," Latin ulna, Armenian uln "shoulder," Sanskrit anih "part of the leg above the knee," Lithuanian alkune "elbow").

The exact distance varied, in part depending on whose arm was used as the base and whether it was measured from the shoulder to the fingertip or the wrist: the Scottish ell was 37.2 inches, the Flemish 27 inches. Latin ulna also was a unit of linear measure, and compare cubit. The modern English unit of 45 inches seems to have been set in Tudor times.

Whereas shee tooke an inche of liberty before, tooke an ell afterwardes [Humfrey Gifford, "A Posie of Gilloflowers," 1580].

ell (n.2)

name of the letter -L- in Latin; in reference to a type of building, 1773, American English; so called for resemblance to the shape of the alphabet letter.

1. Give him an inch and he 'll take an ell .

［ことわざ］意気地なし.

2.He has fallen ell and suffered fever for a week.

彼は病気になり、熱が出てから1週間になる。

3.You can ring my- ell ，ring my bell（my bell，ding-a-a-ling）.

私のベルを鳴らしたり、私のベルを鳴らしたりすることができます。

4.Evil come to us by ell and go away by inch.

災いは大きく流れ、災いはぐずぐずしている。

5. Ell ，Pam，we had better go and get help.

誰かに助けてもらったほうがいい。