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slade.

A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.

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Meaning & usage

noun/sleɪd/UK
  1. A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.

    archaic · dialectal
  2. A hillside.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English slade (“low-lying ground, a valley; a flat grassy area, glade; hollows of clouds; a creek, stream; a channel”), from Old English slæd (“valley, glade”), from Proto-West Germanic *slad, from Proto-Germanic *sladą (“glen, valley”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sladaną (“to glide, slip”) or Proto-Germanic *sladdaz (“to be slack, droop”). Compare Old Norse slóð (“track, trail”).

noun/sleɪd/UK
  1. A spade for digging peat.

  2. The sole of a plough.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Unknown.

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