glade
noun/ɡleɪd/
/ɡleɪd/
(literary)- a small open area of grass in a wood or a forestTopics Geographyc2Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin; perhaps related to glad or gleam, with reference to the comparative brightness of a clearing (obsolete senses of glade include ‘a gleam of light’ and ‘a bright space between clouds’).
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