glade

[ gleyd ]
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noun
  1. an open space in a forest.

Origin of glade

1
1520–30; akin to glad1, in obsolete sense “bright”

Other words from glade

  • gladelike, adjective

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How to use glade in a sentence

  • The chesnut woods of Antero de Herrares opened their enamelled glades before the travellers.

  • He was in a hurry when he came thus far, and troubled the Woolmer glades but little at any time.

  • In front of them is the palace, and beyond it the green glades and pleasure-grounds of the park.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
  • There were great oaks and wide-spreading beeches and green glades such as one finds only in England.

    Humanly Speaking | Samuel McChord Crothers
  • As after wolf wolf presses, leaping through the snow-glades,So woe on woe throngs surging up.

    The Saint's Tragedy | Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for glade

glade

/ (ɡleɪd) /


noun
  1. an open place in a forest; clearing

Origin of glade

1
C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to glad 1 (in obsolete sense: bright); see gleam

Derived forms of glade

  • gladelike, adjective

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