slade

American  

[slayd] / sleɪd /

noun

plural

slades

1. British. (in some regional dialects) a grassy area, such as a small valley or gully, a clearing in a forest, or a hillside.

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Example Sentences

It would have been better for William-a-Trent to have been abed with sorrow—says the ballad—than to be that day in the greenwood slade to meet with Little John's arrow.

From Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)

But he slade aye awa or the sun was up, He ne’er could look straught on Macmillan’s cup;58 They watch’d—but nane saw him his brose ever sup Nor a spune sought Aiken-drum.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

An honest wabster to his trade, Whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred Gat tippence-worth to mend her head, When it was sair; The wife slade cannie to her bed, But ne'er spak mair.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

My Julia's arms encircled me, An' saftly slade the hours awa', Till dawning coost a glimm'rin' e'e Upon the hills o' Gallowa'.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

That theffe I saw to nyght, Here be-side a slade.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown