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slype

[ slahyp ]

noun

, Architecture.
  1. a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.


slype

/ slaɪp /

noun

  1. a covered passageway in a cathedral or church that connects the transept to the chapterhouse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of slype1

1860–65; origin uncertain; compare dialectal Dutch slijpe secret path
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Word History and Origins

Origin of slype1

C19: probably from Middle Flemish slijpen to slip
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Example Sentences

A doorway into the slype remains in the wall, and communicates with a wall passage.

Before entering the Cloister court we pass through the old slype, once a simple vaulted passage, but now open to the sky.

Passing through the chamber on the south we enter the slype.

At the back of the wall on the south is the slype, and above this the vestry.

It occupies the place of the passage known as the slype in monastic churches.

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