aisled

adjective

ˈī(-ə)ld 

: having aisles

an aisled hall

especially : having aisles of a specified kind or number

—used in combination

spacious, wide-aisled stores

In 1479, a simple one-aisled church had been added to this chapel so that a picture of the Virgin could be worshipped there.

—Fred Leeman, Hidden Images, 1976

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1552, in the meaning defined above

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