/ aɪl; NAmE / noun
a passage between rows of seats in a church, theatre, train, etc., or between rows of shelves in a supermarket :
an aisle seat (= in a plane)
Coffee and tea are in the next aisle.
—compare gangway
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IDIOMS
- go / walk down the aisle
—more at roll verb
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English ele , ile , from Old French ele , from Latin ala wing. The spelling change in the 17th cent. was due to confusion with isle and influenced by French aile wing.