slipe

[ slahyp ]

noun

a sledge, drag, or sleigh.

verb (used with object),sliped, slip·ing.

to peel or strip the outer coating from, especially to peel bark from (a tree or twig).
to slice.

Origin of slipe

1425–75; late Middle English slypen< ?

Words Nearby slipe

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How to use slipe in a sentence

slipe; a rude sort of cart or sledge without wheels used for dragging stones from a field.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. Joyce
Whenever such gatherings were attended, the youngster had to "slipe off" unknown to his parents.
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British Dictionary definitions for slipe

slipe

/ (slaɪp) /

noun

NZ
- wool removed from the pelt of a slaughtered sheep by immersion in a chemical bath
- (as modifier): slipe wool

Origin of slipe

from English dialect

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