slype
English edit
Etymology edit
From slip.
Noun edit
slype (plural slypes)
- (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 edit
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.