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