corridor

[Fr. corridor a curtaine in for tification ( Cotgrave ); Ital. corridore =(1)_a runner, (2) a long gallery; correre to run, from Lat. curro ( Skeat ).] I. Ord. Lang.: In the same sense as II. 1. "He pa ed the portal-cro 'd the corridor ." II. Technically : Byron: The Corsair, i. 14. 1. Arch .: A gallery or open communication to the different departments of a house. 2. Fortif .: The covered way forming a walk around the whole of the work. *cor'-rige, *cor-ige, v . t . [O. Fr. corrigier ; Fr. corriger; Sp. coriegir , from Low Lat. corrigo = to correct.] [CORRECT, a.] To correct, to chastise, to punish. "That the maneres of shrewes ben coriged and chastised by veniaunce." -Chaucer: Bæthius, p. 125. cor-ri-gen-da ( pl. ), †cor-ri-gen-dùm (sing.), 8. [Lat.] Faults or errors in a book needing correction. *cor'-ri-gent, a. & s. [Lat. corrigens , pr. par. of corrigo .] [CORRECT, a .] A. As adjective : Med.: Correcting, corrective. B. As substantive: Med.: A corrective or correctory. *cor-ri-gi-bil'-i-ty, s. [Eng. corrigible; -ity.] Corrigible ne .