nave
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
▶noun the central part of a church building, usually separated from the chancel by a step or rail and from adjacent aisles by pillars.
– origin C17: from L. navis ‘ship’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
▶noun the hub of a wheel.
– origin OE nafu, nafa, of Gmc origin.
'nave' also found in these Oxford entries:
aisle
- antechapel
- argosy
- auger
- bay
- chancel
- choir
- clerestory
- crossing
- iconostasis
- naos
- navvy
- organ screen
- rood screen
- transept
- triforium
