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Webster 1913 Edition
Slype
Slype
,Noun.
[Cf. D.
sluipen
to sneak.] (Arch.)
A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery.
[Eng.]
Definition 2025
slype
slype
English
Noun
slype (plural slypes)
- (architecture) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.