About The Word Aisle

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Aisle

Aisle Meaning & Definition
Aisle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aisle?

[n] passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
[n] part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns
[n] a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aisle: gangway

Related Terms | Find terms related to Aisle: access | alley | ambulatory | aperture | arcade | artery | avenue | channel | cloister | colonnade | communication | conduit | connection | corridor | covered way | defile | exit | ferry | ford | gallery | inlet | interchange | intersection | junction | lane | opening | outlet | overpass | pass | passage | passageway | portico | railroad tunnel | traject | trajet | tunnel | underpass

See Also | area | passage | passageway

Aisle In Webster's Dictionary

\Aisle\, n. [OF. ele, F. aile, wing, wing of a building, L. ala, contr. fr. axilla.] (Arch.) (a) A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall. (b) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle. (c) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.

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