AISLE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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.

2.
n.

Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.

3.
n.

Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.


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