slype

English

Etymology

From slip.

Noun

slype (plural slypes)

  1. (architecture) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.
    • 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 62:
      Then he ventures down the slypes which lead between pavilions into the cloister yards.

Translations

References
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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