CORRIDOR

corridor

(noun) an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

corridor (plural corridors)

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.

(military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

Source: Wiktionary

Cor"ri*dor (kr"r-dr or -dr), n. Etym: [F., fr. Itt. corridpore, or Sp. corredor; prop., a runner, hence, a running or long line, a gallery, fr. L. currere to run. See Course.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

2. (Fort.)

Definition: The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition