Another word for ell

= the foot of the Scotch or English cloth ell of 37.06 in., or 3 x 12.353.

Arnold-Forster, The Coming of the Kilogram, 1898), as the foot, palm, hand, digit, nail, pace, ell (ulna), &c. It seems probable, therefore, that a royal cubit may have been derived from some kingly stature, and its length perpetuated in the ancient buildings of Egypt, as the Great Pyramid, &c.

The difficulty arises from the lack of Ell in the soil, some parts no less than io m.

There was an old saying " Give him an inch and he'll take an ell " .

ell (cloth measure), abolished after 1553; known later as the Scotch ell = 37.06.