aisled

Variant of aisle

noun

  1. a part of a church alongside the nave, choir, or transept, set off by a row of columns or piers
  2. a passageway between sections of seats in rows
  3. a narrow passageway, as between rows of trees

Origin: ME ile < OFr aile, wing, section of a building (see aileron); E -s- through confusion with isle

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