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Product Lines Contributing Sales (Detail)
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Oct. 25, 2013
Oct. 26, 2012
Connector      
Product Information [Line Items]      
Product Line Sales Total Percentage 18.00%esl_PercentageOfNetSalesByProductLine
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= esl_ConnectorMember		 16.00%esl_PercentageOfNetSalesByProductLine
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= esl_ConnectorMember		 16.00%esl_PercentageOfNetSalesByProductLine
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= esl_ConnectorMember
Avionics      
Product Information [Line Items]      
Product Line Sales Total Percentage 10.00%esl_PercentageOfNetSalesByProductLine
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= esl_AvionicsMember		 11.00%esl_PercentageOfNetSalesByProductLine
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= esl_AvionicsMember		 11.00%esl_PercentageOfNetSalesByProductLine
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= esl_AvionicsMember