slade

Meaning

Noun

• A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
• A hillside.
• A spade for digging peat.
• The sole of a plough.

Origin

• From Middle English slade, from Old English slæd, from Proto-West Germanic *slad, from Proto-Germanic *sladą, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sladaną or Proto-Germanic *sladdaz. Compare Old Norse slóð.
• Unknown.