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Webster 1913 Edition

Glade

Glade

,
Noun.
[Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to
glad
, a.; cf. also W.
golead
,
goleuad
, a lighting, illumination, fr.
goleu
light, clear, bright,
goleu fwlch
glade, lit., a light or clear defile.]
1.
An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
There interspersed in lawns and opening
glades
.
Pope.
2.
An everglade.
[Local, U. S.]
3.
An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice.
[Local, U. S.]
Bottom glade
.
See under
Bottom
.
–
Glade net
,
in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.

Webster 1828 Edition

Glade

GLADE

,
Noun.
An opening or passage made through a wood by lopping off the branches of the trees. Locally, in the U. States, a natural opening or open place in a forest.
There interspersed in lawns and opening glades.
1.
In New England, an opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen.

GLADE

,
Noun.
Smooth ice.

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