glade
noun/ɡleɪd/
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.2003 November 23, Newsweek, Travel, In The Trees:
- […] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 22”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
2
Colloquial 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
Obsolete A gleam of light.
6
Obsolete A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.