slype

American  

[slahyp] / slaɪp /

noun

Architecture.

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

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slype British  

/ slaɪp /

noun

1. a covered passageway in a cathedral or church that connects the transept to the chapterhouse

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Etymology

Origin of slype

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

Example Sentences

The "slype" is a passage which was cut through the southern buttress by Bishop Curle, to put a stop to the constant use of the nave and south aisle as a thoroughfare by the townspeople.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham

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

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

South of the fratery is the slype or passage, with arched openings to the east and west.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald

Under this arcading in the transept is a doorway, built by Lord Grimthorpe, partly from fragments of the west doorway of the old slype, and partly from his own design.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

Of the same date must be much of the strengthening masonry in the crypt, the Prior's lodging, the chapel, and the slype beneath it.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)