aislepassageway: The bride?s father escorted her down the aisle.Not to be confused with:I’ll ? contraction of I will.isle ? small island: The isle is only a short distance from shore.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeaisle (?l)n.1. A part of a church divided laterally from the nave, transept, or choir by a row of columns.2. A passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane.3. A passageway for inside traffic, as in a department store, warehouse, or supermarket.[Alteration (influenced by isle French aile, wing) of Middle English ele, from Old French, wing of a building, from Latin ?la.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.aisle (a?l) n1. a passageway separating seating areas in a theatre, church, etc; gangway2. (Architecture) a lateral division in a church flanking the nave or chancel3. rolling in the aisles informal (of an audience) overcome with laughter[C14 ele (later aile, aisle, through confusion with isle (island)), via Old French from Latin ?la wing] aisled adj ?aisleless adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014aisle (a?l) n. 1. a walkway between or along sections of seats, shelves, counters, etc., as in a theater, church, or department store. 2. a longitudinal division in a church, separated from the main area or nave by an arcade or the like. Idioms: in the aisles, (of an audience) convulsed with laughter. [1350?1400; resp. (with ai