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Aisle

Meanings and phrases

aisle

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
n.
  1. a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
  2. passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores; gangway
  3. part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns

north aisle

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • The north aisle and the porch are both buttressed.
  • The north aisle was added in the 18th century.
  • The church consists of a nave, chancel and north aisle.

south aisle

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • In the south aisle is an eighteenth-century font.
  • The south aisle is also thought to have been refaced.
  • A south aisle was added in the 15th century.

down the aisle

Pronunciation American British Australian Indian
E.g.
  • Cardi B walks down the aisle in a wedding dress.
  • Chaplin had called him down the aisle of the theater and had given him his private telephone number.
  • Usually prone to humorous entrances, it was a somber and focused Sakuraba that came down the aisle for his rematch with Silva.
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