glede

/ ɡliːd, ɡlɛd /

noun

1. a former Brit name for the red kite See kite 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of glede¹

Old English glida; related to Old Norse gletha, Middle Low German glede

Example Sentences

It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that l doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it.

From Literature

Glead is the A.-S. glida or kite, though, in our version of Deut. xiv. 13., both glede and kite are mentioned.

From Project Gutenberg

Light brown body, red hackle, gold twist, two fibres of red Ibis for tail, and glede wings.

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A dark brown fly, brown red hackle and body, ribbed with gold twist, and glede wings, varied with brown spotted turkey tail feather or mallard, one of each.

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Body, puce floss silk ribbed with silver, black-red hackle, a mixed wing of glede, turkey tail, and mallard, with a topping over all, and a dark claret or purple hackle.

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