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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Apr. 26, 2013
USD ($)
Oct. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Oct. 25, 2013
USD ($)
Oct. 26, 2012
USD ($)
Nov. 30, 2010
USD ($)
Oct. 31, 2014
Fair Value Hedging
USD ($)
Aug. 01, 2014
Euro Term Loan
USD ($)
Jul. 31, 2011
Euro Term Loan
Fair Value Hedging
EUR (€)
Oct. 31, 2014
100 Million Interest Rate Swap Agreement
Nov. 30, 2010
Senior Notes Six Point Six Two Five Percent Maturing In March Two Thousand Seventeen
Oct. 31, 2014
Foreign Exchange Contract
USD ($)
Oct. 25, 2013
Foreign Exchange Contract
USD ($)
Oct. 25, 2013
Interest Rate Swap
USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]                          
Derivative notional amount               € 125,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= esl_EuroTermLoanMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueHedgingMember
    $ 396,200,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
$ 369,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
 
Senior Notes         175,000,000us-gaap_SeniorNotes                
Senior Notes maturity year                 2017        
Fixed interest rate                   6.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= esl_SeniorNotesSixPointSixTwoFivePercentMaturingInMarchTwoThousandSeventeenMember
     
Proceeds from redemption of 2017 notes 175,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit 25,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit 175,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit 30,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit                  
Gain on termination of contract 2,900,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainOnDerivative                       2,900,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainOnDerivative
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
Net loss on extinguishment of debt   (533,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt (946,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 0us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt   (500,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueHedgingMember
(500,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= esl_EuroTermLoanMember
           
Gain (Loss) on foreign currency forward exchange contracts not designated as an accounting hedge   (6,400,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnForeignCurrencyDerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstruments 2,500,000us-gaap_GainLossOnForeignCurrencyDerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstruments                    
Reclassification of net loss into earnings   $ 10,900,000us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyCashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedDuringNext12Months                      
Maturities of forecasted transactions using forward exchange contracts   24 months