noun

aisle

EYLE/aɪl/

A passage between rows of seats, shelves, or displays.

A clear aisle runs between the auditorium's rows of seats.

A clear central walking passage between two banks of auditorium seats, viewed from the entrance so the uninterrupted aisle is the dominant shape.

Etymology

The “wing” image first described a church's side division. That architectural sense developed into a passage between rows of seats, perhaps helped by confusion with alley, and later extended to other settings.

In context

House of Truths2:20

my husband filed for divorce and 34 by the time we were actually sitting across an aisle from each other in front of a judge.

In Court My Husband Called Me An Adulteress And Brought His 'Witness' — Then The Man Pulled Out H...

More examples

Please keep your bags out of the aisle.
He chose a seat beside the aisle on the plane.
The audience moved slowly through the narrow theater aisles.

Forms

aisle · aisles

Similar words

corridor: Usually connects rooms rather than dividing rows of seats or shelves.
passage: Is a broader term for a route through a space.