AISLE

AISLE, or AILE, noun Pronounced Ile. [Latin ala.]The wing of a quire; a walk in a church.

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aisle|aile. Aisle, or Aile, n. a walk in a church, the wing of a choir

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Aisle (�), n. [[OF. ele, F. aile, wing, wing of a building, L. ala, contr. fr. axilla.]] (Arch.) (a) 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. (b) Improperly used also for the have; — as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle. (c) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.