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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
L \L\ ([e^]l), noun
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}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ell \Ell\, noun (Arch.) See {L}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ell \Ell\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ell
noun: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "ell": L, addition, angle, annex, apex, arm, bend, bifurcation, bight, block, cant, chevron, coin, corner, crank, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, elbow, extension, fork, furcation, hook, inflection, knee, nook, point, quoin, swerve, veer, vertex, wing, zag, zig, zigzag
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