Definitions for slype

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Spelling: [slahyp]
IPA: /slaɪp/

Slype is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in slype (elpsy).

Definitions for slype

noun

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

Origin of slype

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

Examples for slype

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for slype
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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