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

Word History and Origins

Origin of slype¹

1860–65; origin uncertain; compare dialectal Dutch slijpe secret path

Word History and Origins

Origin of slype¹

C19: probably from Middle Flemish slijpen to slip

Example Sentences

Slype, slīp, n. a. covered passage from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter-house, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

According to the delightful English custom, it lies within a charming Close of green lawn and trees, while on one side a narrow passage called the Slype, quaintly inscribed, gives access to the Deanery, Library, &c., close by, which buildings add so much to the picturesque effect of the whole.

From Project Gutenberg

Through a door in a corner of the gardens there is a passageway opening out of one of the bastions of the old walls into a strip of ground called the "Slype," where a fine view is had of the bastions, with the college bell-tower and chapel behind them.

From Project Gutenberg

In making a recent addition to the buildings of this college on the edge of the "Slype," the workmen in digging for the foundations discovered the remains of a mammoth.

From Project Gutenberg

Among the conventual buildings which had survived to this time, and remained in occupation, was the chapter house, which, with nearly all traces of its antiquity destroyed, and with a gallery erected across its west end, had been converted into a meeting-house for dissenters, the old slype having been made into a vestry.

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