About The Word Aisle
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Aisle
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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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