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Slype

Architecture SlitsSnecked

SlypeIn a greater medieval church, a covered way or passage leading east from the cloisters between transept and chapter house.SneckedOf masonry, with courses broken by smaller stones (snecks).

 


slype A covered walkway from the transept or cloisters of a cathedral to the chapter house. spandrel The walling above and around the curve of an arch. spire An elongated, pointed structure that rises from a tower, turret, or roof.

See also: Church, Moulding, House, Cloister, Lintel

Architecture SlitsSnecked

 
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