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Aisle - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Aisle : (noun)
1: a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
2: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as
in stores [syn: gangway]
3: part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by
rows of pillars or columns
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Aisle : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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