noun. A part of a church divided laterally from the nave, transept, or choir by a row of columns.

noun. A passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane.

noun. A passageway for inside traffic, as in a department store, warehouse, or supermarket.

In heraldry, winged or having wings.

noun. Properly, a lateral subdivision of a church, parallel to the nave, choir, or transept, from which it is divided by piers or columns, and often surmounted by a gallery.

noun. A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.

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

noun. Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.

noun. A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

noun. A clear path through rows of seating.

noun. A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.

noun. Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.

noun. passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores

noun. a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)

noun. part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns

"It's not so much on the real rare, high-end comics or artwork but the bad economic news seems to be prompting a downturn in, as one of them put it, "the kind of merchandise that the guy across the aisle is also carrying.""

area  passage  passageway  

Argyll  Kyle  Marseille  Mikhail  Niall  

alley  arcade  arch  avenue  balcony  

access  alley  alley  ambulatory  aperture