glade

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English glade, glode, glede (“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”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English *glǣd, *glād, related to Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

   “[…] are creating more "glades," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow.”

   “[…] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.”

2. An everglade.
3. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
4. A bright surface of ice or snow.

   “a glade of ice”

5. A gleam of light.
6. A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.