glade

[ gleyd ]

noun

1. an open space in a forest.

glade

/ ɡleɪd /

noun

1. an open place in a forest; clearing

Derived Forms

• ˈgladeˌlike, adjective

Other Words From

• gladelike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glade¹

1520–30; akin to glad ¹, in obsolete sense “bright”

Word History and Origins

Origin of glade¹

C16: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to glad ¹(in obsolete sense: bright); see gleam

Example Sentences

We sprinted through the cypress glade, blind in the daylight, tripping over loose rocks.

From Literature

Once a thick forest with rolls stacked five high to the ceiling, it is now a small glade as stock runs low.

From Los Angeles Times

The sylvan glade romanticism of “Emeralds,” the electric energy of “Rubies,” the glittering imperial court of “Diamonds.”

From New York Times

Gia dreams of a small stump of umbilical cord sprouting from her own navel; later, she wanders, pregnant and naked, through a shadowy forest glade, a place of darkly enveloping refuge.

From Los Angeles Times

We rumbled up out of the amphitheater just before sunset and pulled into a glade near a Maasai village.

From New York Times