[nave] n [ME, fr. OE nafu; akin to OE nafela navel] (bef. 12c): the hub of a wheel
[2]nave n [ML navis, fr. L, ship; akin to OE nowend sailor, Gk naus ship, Skt nau] (1673): the main part of the interior of a church; esp: the long narrow central hall in a cruciform church that rises higher than the aisles flanking it to form a clerestory