aislewayn.
/ˈʌɪlweɪ/, U.S. /ˈaɪlˌweɪ/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
= aisle n. 3.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > passage or corridor > [noun]
alley1363
tresance1428
passagea1525
gallery1541
trance1545
through-passage1575
lobby1596
passageway?1606
conduit1624
gangway1702
vista1708
glidec1710
aisle1734
gallery1756
corridor1814
traverse1822
heck1825
rotunda1847
scutchell1847
zaguan1851
aisleway1868
pend1893
dogtrot1901
fairway1903
dog run1904
dog walk1938
walkout1947
coulisse1949
1868 Circular (Oneida Community, N.Y.) 30 Nov. 295/3 The nave is 100 feet long... The main galleries, one on each side of the building, have an aisle-way of commodious width.
1905 W. Cheney Way of North xx. 288 To make all safe, rough posts were raised at intervals in the aisleways, on either side.
1958 Los Angeles Times 7 May iv. 3/1 He has two big supermarkets going for him... Customers jam both places, and they have to empty the till every hour on the hour to keep the money from running over into the aisleways.
2006 D. Lambeth Our Lady of Lowriders xiv. 372 We make our way through the noisy cafeteria... Jesse follows behind me, not having any problem negotiating the narrow aisleways between the tables.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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