a covered passageway in a cathedral or church that connects the transept to the chapterhouse
Word origin
C19: probably from Middle Flemish slijpen to slip
slype in American English
(slaip)
noun
Architecture
a covered passage, esp. one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house
Also: slip
Word origin
[1860–65; orig. uncert.; cf. dial. D slijpe secret path]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, blind spot, metric system, pop-up, raider