-
known later as the
Scotch ell＝37.06;
and the
cloth ell of 45 in., used
until 1600. See
yard for details. The
Scottish ell (Scottish Gaelic: slat Albannach)...
- "Cambridge
yard (gl****)"
and an "
ell gl****". It is ****ociated by
legend with
stagecoach drivers,
though was
mainly used for
drinking feats and special toasts...
- race. The
yard continued till the
reign of
Henry VII., when the
ell was introduced, that
being a
yard and a quarter, or 45 inches. The
ell was borrowed...
- The
Composition of
Yards and Perches (Latin:
Compositio Ulnarum et Perticarum) or the
Statute of
Ells and Perches was a
medieval English statute defining...
- The
units of
linear measure have
changed the
least – the
yard (which
replaced the
ell)
and the
chain were
measures derived in England. The foot used...
- Jacob's Staff; Peter's Staff; the
Golden Yard-arm; The L, or
Ell; The
Ell and Yard; the
Yard-stick,
and the
Yard-wand; the Ellwand; Our Lady's Wand; the...
- in 1966
and died at home, 25
Findhorn Place in
Edinburgh on 22
November 1974, a few days
before his 73rd birthday. An Old
Scottish Yard and Ell Measure...
- edge
and tied
around the head. Both are 3
yards of
ell-width
fabric sewn
together down the middle,
creating an
overall width of 2
and a half
yards. He...
- to the
cloth in his letters,
mentioning the
length was a
number of
yards or
ells plus one half. This
would tell her that the amb****ador had
written on...
- as is foresaid,
shall have a horn,
and each one a red wand of three-quarters of a
yard at least."
Scots ell The
ell (Latin: ulna) was the
basic unit of...
