Cŏr'ri-dōr', n.

n. [Fr.; Sp. corredor, from correr, to run, It. corridore, from correre, Lat. currere, to run. Sp. corredor properly signifies a runner; hence, a running or long line, gallery.]

1. (Arch.) A gallery or passage-way leading to apartments independent of each other. “Long, sounding corridors.” Tennyson.
2. (Fort.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. [Rare.]