glades

Noun

glade (plural glades)

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
   • […] are creating more "glades," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow.2003 November 23, Newsweek, Travel, In The Trees

   Synonyms:

   clearing

2. (colloquial) An everglade.
3. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
4. A bright surface of ice or snow.
   • a glade of ice
5. (obsolete) A gleam of light.
6. (obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.

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