Aisle
Aisle ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old French ele, French aile, wing, wing of a building, Latin ala, contr. from axilla.]
(a)
(Architecture) 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)
(Architecture) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.
(c)
(Architecture) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.