glade

[gleyd]
noun
an open space in a forest.

Origin:
1520–30; akin to glad1, in obsolete sense “bright”

glade·like, adjective
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glade (ɡleɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an open place in a forest; clearing
 
[C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to glad1 (in obsolete sense: bright); see gleam]
 
'gladelike
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

glade
"clear, open space in a woods," 1520s, perhaps from M.E. glode (c.1300), from O.N. glaðr "bright" (see glad). Original meaning would be "bright (because open) space in a wood" (cf. Fr. clairière "glade," from clair "clear, bright;" Ger. Lichtung "clearing, glade,"
from Licht "light"). Amer.Eng. sense of "marshy grassland" (e.g. Everglades) first recorded c.1796.
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Example sentences
The resort's centerpiece is an open-air slate hot tub overlooking the ocean, situated in a glade surrounded by trees.
Bats were in the glade behind him, and he could hear the strange, persistent sound of their flight.
Exhibits range from a tiger forest and a panther glade to an alligator bay and a backyard habitat.
The camera seems especially interested in the sloping glade of trees behind the house.
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