GLADE

glade. Glade, n. an opening in a wood or in ice

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Glade (?), n. [[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. 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. 2. An everglade.
3. 3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice.
Bottom glade. See under Bottom. — Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.