aisle
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noun
Idioms 1.
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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| —n | |
| 1. | a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc; gangway |
| 2. | a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel |
| 3. | informal rolling in the aisles (of an audience) overcome with laughter |
| [C14 ele (later aile, aisle, through confusion with isle (island)), via Old French from Latin āla wing] | |
| aisled | |
| —adj | |
| 'aisleless | |
| —adj | |
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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"
(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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Example sentences
They were given ideal seats, the window and aisle in a two-person row.
When you reach across the aisle you come back with three fingers.
Folding bikes are welcome inside the bus, provided they fit underneath the seat and can be kept out of the aisle.
She was blocking up the whole goddam traffic in the aisle.
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