aisle
[ ahyl ]
/ aɪl /
noun
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
Architecture.
- a longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like.
- any of the longitudinal divisions of a church or the like.
Idioms for aisle
in the aisles,
(of an audience) convulsed with laughter.
Origin of aisle
OTHER WORDS FROM aisle
aisled, adjective un·aisled, adjectiveWords nearby aisle
Example sentences from the Web for aisle
British Dictionary definitions for aisle
aisle
/ (aɪl) /
noun
a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc; gangway
a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel
rolling in the aisles informal
(of an audience) overcome with laughter
Derived forms of aisle
aisled, adjective aisleless, adjectiveWord Origin for aisle
C14
ele (later
aile, aisle, through confusion with
isle (island)), via Old French from Latin
āla wing