thumb|upright|Historic standard units of the city of Regensburg: from left to right, a [[fathom (Klafter), foot (Schuch) and ell (Öln)]] thumb|right|Prussian ell
Key facts
- Unit.name
- Ell
- Unit.image
- Ell.jpg
- Unit.caption
- The ell was originally a cubit, later replaced by the cloth-ell or "double ell".
- Unit.quantity
- Length
- Unit.units_imp1
- inch
- Unit.inunits_imp1
- 17.7
- Unit.units_imp2
- Metre
- Unit.inunits_imp2
- 0.45
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thumb|upright|Historic standard units of the city of Regensburg: from left to right, a [[fathom (Klafter), foot (Schuch) and ell (Öln)]] thumb|right|Prussian ell
An ell (from Proto-Germanic *alinō, cognate with Latin ulna) is a northwestern European unit of measurement, originally understood as a cubit (the combined length of the forearm and extended hand). The word literally means "arm", and survives in the modern English word "elbow" (arm-bend). Later usage through the 19th century refers to several longer units, some of which are thought to derive from a "double ell".