slype

English

Etymology

From slip.

Noun

slype (plural slypes)

1. (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

A covered passageway

• Bulgarian: галерия (bg) (galerija), пасаж (bg) (pasaž)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

• -lepsy, Pyles, yelps