Noun

(wikipedia aisle) (en noun)

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

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, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}

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A clear path through rows of seating.

A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.

Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.

Noun

(en-noun)

Any paved floor.

* Milton

The riches of heaven's pavement , trodden gold.

(chiefly, British) A paved footpath, especially at the side of a road.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=14 citation , passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}

(US, uncountable) Paved exterior surface, as with a road or sidewalk.

The interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings such as a cathedral.