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slades

slades is the plural of slade.

Meaning of slade

Noun (1)

slade (plural slades)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
    • Yet he slow in the slade of men of armys mo than syxty with his hondys.1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich]...
  2. (dialectal) A hillside.

Noun (2)

slade (plural slades)

  1. A spade for digging peat.
  2. (obsolete) The sole of a plough.
    • The Bishop, wearing a gleaming cape of green and gold, raised his hand over the plough and the kneeling farmers: "God speed the plough: the beam and the mouldboard, the slade and the sidecap, the share and the coulters[…]in fair weather and foul, in success and disappointment, in rain and wind, or...1945 January 29, “Pattern Prays”, in Time Magazine

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Questions about slades

What is slades the plural of?
Slades is the plural of slade.

Words near slades in the dictionary

  1. Slade Green
  2. Sladek
  3. Sladeks
  4. Sladen
  5. Sladens
  6. slades
  7. Sladesbridge
  8. SLAF
  9. slaframine
  10. slag
  11. slag heap

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