arşın — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ell noun An old unit of length, roughly the distance from elbow to fingertip, historically around 45 inches in England.
Senses
arşın is used for these senses in English:
- arshin An obsolete Russian length unit, equal to 71.12 centimeters, or 28 inches.
- ell (historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.
ell — full definition
- noun An old unit of length, roughly the distance from elbow to fingertip, historically around 45 inches in England.
- noun A wing of a building set at a right angle to the main structure, so it forms an L-shape.