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aisle

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aisle  (l)
n.
1. A part of a church divided laterally from the nave by a row of pillars or columns.
2. A passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane.
3. A passageway for inside traffic, as in a department store, warehouse, or supermarket.

[Alteration (influenced by isle and French aile, wing) of Middle English ele, from Old French, wing of a building, from Latin la.]

aisle [rhymes with mile]
Noun
a passageway separating seating areas in a church, theatre, or cinema, or separating rows of shelves in a supermarket [Latin ala wing]

Aisle Dialectal. double rows of wheat sheaves set up to dry.
Example: aisle of wheat, 1817.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aisleaisle - a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
2.aisle - passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings
3.aisleaisle - part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns
area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

aisle
Translations
aisle [aɪl] n [of church] → nave f lateral [of theatre, plane] → pasillo

aisle [aɪl] n [of church] (central) → allée f centrale: (side) → nef f latérale, bas-côté m;
(in theatre, supermarket) → allée;
(on plane) → couloir m

aisle [aɪl] nGang m;
(section of church) → Seitenschiff nt

aisle [aɪl] n [of church] → navata laterale; navata centrale; [of plane] → corridoio

aisle
n aisle [ail]
a passage between rows of seats etc in a church, cinema etc. paadjie, gangetjie مَمَر بَيْن صَفَّي مَقَاعِد пътека ulička (mezi sedadly) (midter-)gang der Gang διάδρομος pasillo vahekäik راهروی میان صندلی ها käytävä allée מַעֲבָר गलियारा, रास्ता prolaz među sjedalima hajó lorong, gang gangur navata laterale; corridoio fra i posti a sedere 通路 통로 takas, tarpas eja (starp solu rindām) laluan gangpad (midt)gang przejście coxia culoar проход между рядами ulička (medzi sedadlami) cerkvena ladja prolaz gång, mittgång ทางเดินระหว่างที่นั่งในโบสถ์ โรงภาพยนตร์ เป็นต้น koridor, ara yol 通道 прохід نشستوں کی قطاروں کے درمیان والا راستہ lối đi giữa hai dãy ghế


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The ceremony was to be solemnized according to the Episcopalian forms, and in open church, with a degree of publicity that attracted many spectators, who occupied the front seats of the galleries, and the pews near the altar and along the broad aisle.
A natural fillip followed, the beetle went floundering into the aisle and lit on its back, and the hurt finger went into the boy's mouth.
In twos we entered the chamber and marched down the broad Aisle of Hope, as it is called, to the platform in the centre of the hall.
 
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