moonglade

noun

moonglade

noun

Etymology From moon + glade.

1

Poetic, Rare The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.

Moonglade and sunglade on ocean or lake have a haunting and suggestive beauty. The reflected lane of light supplies what the mind craves in a picture—a path that seems to lead to some place of unknown and longed-for happiness […]1913, Advance, volume 98, page 232:
Heaven was full of silent stars, and there was a moonglade on the water that stretched almost from him to Rose.1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Efficiency Expert:

2 more examples

The sea shimmered there, and turned, at last, into a moonglade, through which she glided handsomely.1945, Edmund Gilligan, Voyage of the Golden Hind:
a double moonglade on the Auroral Ocean1977, Poul Anderson, Mirkheim:

Synonyms: moonwake
Related terms: sunglade

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