A valley, dell, or dingle; an open space between banks or woods; a forest glade; a strip of greensward or of boggy land.

In singular and plural. A cleared piece of ground; a clearing. Cf. assart, n. 1. English regional (northern and midlands) or historical in later use.

In Middle English poetry, in combinations wood bough, wood lay (lea, n.1) = ? glade or grove, wood lind (= tree), wood rise (rice, n.1, small…

In Middle English poetry, in combinations wood bough, wood lay (lea, n.1) = ? glade or grove, wood lind (= tree), wood rise (rice, n.1, small…

In Middle English poetry, in combinations wood bough, wood lay (lea, n.1) = ? glade or grove, wood lind (= tree), wood rise (rice, n.1, small…

An open space among woods, a glade (= Latin saltus); untilled ground, pasture.

A broad woodland glade or track along which woodcock (or other game birds) regularly fly, and across which nets are stretched in order to catch…

A clear open space or passage in a wood or forest, whether natural or produced by the cutting down of trees.

a broad woodland glade in which woodcocks are caught by stretching nets across the opening; = cockshoot, n.

nether vert, over vert, special vert: (see quots.). Obsolete.

A broad woodland glade or track along which woodcock (or other game birds) regularly fly; esp. one which has been deliberately constructed, and…

North American. A place in a swamp where a crossing may be made. Obsolete.

Chiefly North American. A tract of ground in a wood or forest, having widely spaced trees; a glade. Cf. oak opening n. at oak, n. compounds 3.

An upland plain or slope of grassland in the montane forest areas of Sri Lanka.