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Aisle

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.

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

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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