Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corridor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corridor \Cor"ri*dor\ (k?r"r?-d?r or -d?r), n. [F., fr. Itt.
corridpore, or Sp. corredor; prop., a runner, hence, a
running or long line, a gallery, fr. L. currere to run. See
{Course}.]
1. (Arch.) A gallery or passageway leading to several
apartments of a house.
2. (Fort.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of
the fortifications of a place. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corridor
n : an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
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