Ells? I have not heard that one since I was at school.
My mother used to make our clothes and bought her material from a Jewish
family shop, and always went for the person with the longest arms.
El (Dutch) was the measurement from the tip of the pinky to the knobble on
the elbow, so the longer the arms, the more material you got.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
To measure in ells?
Looks like a folding implement for long lengths of material - perhaps from
a 19th century textile mill or similar.
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada
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