AISLES

Noun

aisles

plural of aisle

Anagrams

• Alesis, Alessi, Elissa, Lassie, laisse, lassie, sailes, slaies

Source: Wiktionary


AISLE

Aisle, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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