aisle

aisle
    n 1: a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
    2: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
       passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in
       stores [syn: {aisle}, {gangway}]
    3: part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by
       rows of pillars or columns
    

Aisle \Aisle\, n. [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.
          [1913 Webster]
    

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "aisle":
      access, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, avenue,
      channel, cloister, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection,
      corridor, covered way, defile, exit, ferry, ford, gallery, inlet,
      interchange, intersection, junction, lane, opening, outlet,
      overpass, pass, passage, passageway, portico, railroad tunnel,
      traject, trajet, tunnel, underpass