glade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
    clearing.

WordNet

Glade noun
Etymology
Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; cf. also W. golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, fr. goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913