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noun
Idiom1.
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
2.
Architecture.
a.
a longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like.
b.
any of the longitudinal divisions of a church or the like.
3.
in the aisles, (of an audience) convulsed with laughter.
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Aisle
is always a great word to know.
So is lunette. Does it mean:
| an area of wall enframed by an arch or vault |
| a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces |
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- In earlier days, campers were built with center-rear doors and center aisles.
- Several people wondered why I didn't have my brother walk me down the aisle.
- It snaked along a main aisle and continued around the corner.
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Word Origin & History
aisle
late 14c., ele, from O.Fr. ele "wing" (of a church), from L. ala, related to axilla "wing, upper arm, armpit," from PIE *aks- "axis" (see axis), via a suffixed form *aks-la-. The root meaning in "turning" connects it with axle and axis. Confused 15c. with unrelated ile "island"
EXPAND(perhaps from notion of a "detached" part of a church), and so it took an -s- when isle did, c.1700; by 1750 it had acquired an a-, on the model of French cognate aile. The word also was confused with alley, which gave it the sense of "passage between rows of pews or seats" (1731), which was then extended to railway cars, theaters, etc.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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aisle
portion of a church or basilica that parallels or encircles the major sections of the structure, such as the nave, choir, or apse (aisles around the apse are usually called ambulatories). The aisle is often set off by columns or by an arcade.
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