Definitions for slypes

slypes slype

Spelling: [slahyp]
IPA: /slaɪp/

Slypes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in slypes (elpssy).

Definitions for slypes

noun

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

Origin of slypes

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

Examples for slypes

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

A pre-restoration view is published of the east end of the cathedral, showing the slype, in Britton's "Norwich."

At the back of the wall on the south is the slype, and above this the vestry.

On the south is a fine Norman doorway, brought here from the slype, which is now entered through it.

The passage or slype, of Norman date, at the west end, was the main entrance to the cloister from the outer court.

Passing through the chamber on the south we enter the slype.

Below the window are the remains of the slype, or passage from the cloister to the monks' burial-ground.

It occupies the place of the passage known as the slype in monastic churches.

slype—a passage leading from the transept to the chapter-house.

In the sixth bay, from, and counting the angle, may be seen the walled-up entrance to the slype.

Word Value for slypes
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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