sunglade
nounEtymology From sun + glade.
1
A glade in a forest with a lot of sunshine coming in.
2
An area of sunlight on a body of water.
- […] sometimes, also, the rising or setting sun produces a sunglade, like a river of molten gold, or rather of pure fire, flowing across the ocean toward the earth […]1874, Jane Goodwin Austin, Moonfolk: A True Account of the Home of the Fairy Tales, page 14:
- 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:
3
A sunbeam.
- Related terms
- moonglade