Meaning of AISLE
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- [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)
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| | See Also: | | area, passage, passageway | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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