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

Furnished with an aisle or aisles.

Without an aisle.

A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks. Pope.

orm church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. Chancel aisle (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. -- Chancel arch (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel -- Chancel casement, the principal window in a chancel. Tennyso…

-- Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. -- Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. T. Warton.

The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. Burrill. -- Cross aisle (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church. -- Cross axie. (a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press. (b) A driving axle. with cr…

In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition.

on into groins; to build with groins. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Emerson.

An aisle. [Obs.] H. Swinburne.

See Aisle.

f there are no transepts, from the choir to the principal entrance, but not including the aisles.

ied up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

ne more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." 2 Sam. xxiv. 12. Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. Keble.

The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows.

An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. Gray.

To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend. Arches widen, and long aisles extend. Pope.