glade net

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glade net - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glade \Glade\, n. [Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.;
     cf. also W. golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, fr.
     goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light
     or clear defile.]
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     1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared
        space in a forest.
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              There interspersed in lawns and opening glades.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. An everglade. [Local, U. S.]
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     3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left
        unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.]
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     Bottom glade. See under Bottom.
  
     Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and
        other birds in forest glades.
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