aisle.
A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
Meaning & usage
A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
A clear path/passage 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.
Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.
Do you want to seat window or aisle?
An idiomatic divide between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, who are said to be on two sides of the aisle.
The path of a wedding procession in a church or other venue; (by extension, metonymic) marriage.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ele, from Anglo-Norman ele (“wing”) (Modern French aile), from Latin āla (whence English ala). Further from Latin axis (whence English axis, atelier). Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with English axle, Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon). The modern pronunciation has been influenced by English isle, whence the obsolete form isle; the modern spelling reflects further modification of this form after modern French aile.
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