aisle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: aisle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for aisle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aisle n a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores Synonym(s): aisle, gangway part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.