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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  L \L\ ([e^]l), n.
     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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ell \Ell\, n. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ell \Ell\, n. (Arch.)
     See {L}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ell
       n : an extension at the end and at right angles to the main
           building

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