aisle
English
Noun
aisle (plural aisles)
- A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict:
- Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind:
- In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him.
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- A clear path through rows of seating.
- A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
- Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
- (transport) Seat in public transport, like plane, train or bus, that's side the aisle.
- Do you want to seat window or aisle?
Synonyms
- (path senses): isle
- (seat beside an aisle): aisle seat
Antonyms
- (seat on the aisle side): window, window seat
Translations
wing of a building, notably in a church
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clear path through rows of seating
corridor in a supermarket
any path through obstructed space
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Irish
Noun
aisle f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aislí)
- Alternative form of aisling (“vision; vision poem”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aisle | n-aisle | haisle | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle French
Alternative forms
- aesle, æsle
Etymology
From Old French aile, from Latin ala with the addition of an unetymological s
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