Meanings (ES + gloss)
nave
A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
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 vica…
In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew th…
pasillo
A clear path/passage through rows of seating.
But the design of the '730s' wasn't just about the seating formation. The Metro-style walkthrough interior was chosen because it is much more spacious than the '323s', where the in…
pasillo
A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
paso
Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtain…
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