glade

Meaning

Noun

• An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
• An everglade.
• An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
• A bright surface of ice or snow.
• A gleam of light.
• A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.

Related

Similar words

• clearing, leigh

Origin

• From Middle English glade ("A gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice"), also glode, glede, from Old English glæd ("shining, bright"), (compare Old Norse glaðr ("bright")).