Aisle
[aɪl]
Definition
(noun.) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores.
(noun.) part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns.
(noun.) a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
Checker: Rupert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.
(n.) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.
Edited by Ian
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Passage, walk.
Editor: Nita
Definition
n. any lateral division of any part of a church whether of nave choir or transept. The word is often erroneously applied to the passage in a church between the pews or seats.—adj. Aisled (īld) having aisles.
Checked by Jocelyn
Examples
- At the foot of the throne these two parties separated and halted, facing each other at opposite sides of the aisle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- His pattering steps and mine alone were heard, when we entered the magnificent extent of nave and aisle of St. Peter's. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After a time there walked towards us, down the aisle of the church, a man and a woman, coming to be married. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I look at a boy in the aisle, and he makes faces at me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- 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. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And with a haughty sneer for Zat Arras upon his handsome lips, he turned and strode to the throne steps and up the Aisle of Hope. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There was a grass-grown track descending the forest aisle between hoar and knotty shafts and under branched arches. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There were Blue shops and Buff shops, Blue inns and Buff inns--there was a Blue aisle and a Buff aisle in the very church itself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- No wonder that letters addressed to people here had never received an answer: as well despatch epistles to a vault in a church aisle. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In vain I would then have turned from this scene, to darkened aisle or lofty dome, echoing with melodious praise. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She and Birkin went unwillingly down the narrow aisle between the rusty wares. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She held out her hand as the train resumed its level rush, and they stood exchanging a few words in the aisle. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Five generations of my race sleep under the aisles of Briarfield Church. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To make the matter worse, the church door had reopened, and the aisles were filling: patter, patter, patter, a hundred little feet trotted in. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Here are no aisles, no arches, no inscriptions, no banners. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Checker: Patty