glade

glade is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

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