slype
English
editEtymology
editFrom slip.
Noun
editslype (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
editReferences
edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.