A Passage (also Hall or Corridor ) in Architecture is a long narrow room that serves as a pedestrian conduit to other rooms.
Passage in Dressage is a difficult exercise in which the horse does an affected, high-legged trot.
A passage is also a narrow Street , usually found in town and city centres, with walls or buildings on both sides. This term is mostly used in British towns and cities; " Alley " is more commonly used to describe such streets in the United States . In some British towns and cities local words are used, such as "shuts" (called so because in the past they were shut at night, and some still are) in Shrewsbury . Passages are found in Medieval street patterns, but also in post-modern "organic" street and building design (such as at Paternoster Square ).
A passage in Geography is another term for a Strait , which is a narrow Channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water. The terms ''strait'', ''channel'', and ''passage'' are synonymous and are usually interchangeable.
A passage in Music is what is often called a Section of music but may refer to smaller portions such as a Period or Phrase .
