Ell wide. Ell An ell (from Proto-Germanic *"alinō", cognate with Latin "ulna") is a unit of measurement, originally a cubit, i.e., approximating the length of a man's arm from the elbow ("" literally meant the bend ("bow") of the arm ("ell")) to the tip of the middle finger, or about 18 inches (457 mm); in later usage, any of several longer units. In English-speaking countries, these included (until the 19th century) the Flemish ell ( of a yard), English ell ( yards) and French ell ( yards), some of which are thought to derive from a "double ell". An ell-wand or
Yup'ik clothing Yup'ik) measurement from the tip of the thumb to tip of index finger when each is stretched out away from the other; "tekneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement being the width of the last section of one’s index finger; "tumagneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement of the width of the palm (flattened and with the fingers and thumb held together); "tusneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement being the width from the outside edge of one should to the outside edge of the other; "yegyameg" (in Cup'ig) from elbow (measuring to tip of hand). The primary subsistence activity for the Yup'ik is fishing, though hunting supplements the