Editing Ell (section)

=== England ===
In England, the ell was usually exactly {{convert|45|in|m|3|abbr=on}}, or a yard and a quarter. It was mainly used in the [[tailoring]] business but is now obsolete. Although the exact length was never defined in English law, standards were kept; the brass ell examined at the [[Exchequer]] by Graham in the 1740s had been in use "since the time of Queen Elizabeth".<ref name=knight>{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Charles|title=The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 9|year=1840|publisher=Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-BHnAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>

Other English measures called an ell include the "yard and handful", or 40 in. ell, abolished in 1439; the yard and inch, or 37 in. ell (a cloth measure), abolished after 1553 and known later as the Scotch ell=37.06; and the cloth ell of 45 in., used until 1600.<ref name=enbrit_ell>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "[[Wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Weights and Measures|Weights and Measures]]" (free fulltext), from the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. Vol. 01 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.</ref> See [[yard]] for details.