nave

IPA: nˈeɪv

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
(architecture) The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
A hub of a wheel.
(obsolete) The navel.
A surname.

Examples of "nave" in Sentences

The span of the nave is broad and a little low, in keeping with its parent style.
A long narrow nave is flanked by graceful arcades of beautifully-proportioned arches.
Above the central nave is Michelangelo's dome, 139 feet in diameter and 396 feet high.
The word nave comes from the Latin word for ship – hence our modern word naval, as in naval officer.
400 A.D. “the house of the believers is long in shape like a ship hence nave from the Latin navis and directed towards the east.”
The bells have stopped, the censers are swinging, and the nave is full of people; their heavy feet have hidden the labyrinth's tiled lobes.
It is most probably called the nave from the Latin _navis_, signifying a ship, the same word from which we get our English "navy" and "naval."
Beyond the northern and southern piles, a balustrade, terminated on either side by the thrones of the emperor and the patriarch, divided the nave from the choir; and the space, as far as the steps of the altar, was occupied by the clergy and singers.