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Definition of Slype
1. n. A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery.
Definition of Slype
1. Noun. (architecture) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slype
1. a narrow passage in an English cathedral [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slype
Literary usage of Slype
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cathedral Church of Gloucester: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé (1898)
"The first window—ie the westernmost window nearest to the slype—is a memorial to J.
Francillon, Esq., a judge of the county court, who died in 1866. ..."
2. The History of the Parish of Hailsham: The Abbey of Otham and the Priory of by Louis Francis Salzman (1901)
"A door on the east leads into a vaulted passage or slype with a door to the ...
The slype was lighted by a squint.like window high up in the south.west ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To slype, va 1. To strip off ; as the feathery part of a quill, a twig from a tree,
... To slype r>ff, to strip off the skin or bark of any thing, North. ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"A coarse fellow," Gl. M'Taggart gives, as in many other instances, a sin» guiar
definition of this term ; " slype, a fellow who runs much after the female ..."
5. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal by Robert Chambers, William Chambers (1851)
"The slype! — no to ken the slype, and yon hare got such a gude ane too! ...
We ' Losh, sir, no to understand what a slype is 1' * Collecting-dish for the ..."
6. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"To slype, ra 1. To strip off ; as the feathery part of a quill, a twig from a tree,
... "To slype off, to strip off the skin or bark of any thing, North. ..."
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