lade meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

lade

verb

UK, US /leɪd/

Etymology From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).

To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).

Men from the fartheſt Equinoctiall line, Haue ſwarm’d in troopes into the Eaſterne India: Lading their ſhippe with golde and precious ſtones: And made their ſpoiles from all our prouinces.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
And they laded their asses with the corn.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 42:26:

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Under the sea-girt cliffs the shining ship was readied, laden with coats of mail, swords, and gleaming war harness.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 23:

To weigh down, oppress, or burden.

To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).

to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.

Nautical, Transport To admit water by leakage.

Derived terms: lading, overlade, relade, unlade
Related terms: bill of lading, laden, lading, larboard

lade

noun

Scotland A load.

lade

noun

Etymology From Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”).

UK, Dialectal The mouth of a river.

Obsolete outside of place names

Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story.1873, Henry Kingsley, Oakshott Castle:

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete A passage for water; a ditch or drain.

Scotland (mill lade) A mill race.

It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers.1950 January, “Re-Opening of the Eyemouth Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:

Scotland Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Derived terms: lademan

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