 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aisle \Aisle\, noun [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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