corridor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

WordNet

Cor"ri*dor noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913