/sleɪd/
OriginFrom 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”).
- archaic, dialectalA valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
“Yet he slow in the slade of men of armys mo than syxty with his hondys.”
“The thick and well-growne fogge doth matt my smoother slades,
And on the lower Leas, as on the higher Hades
The daintie Clover growes (of grasse the onely silke)
That makes each Udder strout abundantl”
- dialectalA hillside.
- A spade for digging peat.
- obsoleteThe 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 shar”
- countable, uncountableA surname.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Powell County, Kentucky, United States.
- countable, uncountableA coastal village and townland on the Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 7498).
- countable, uncountableA hamlet in Haverfordwest community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9416).
- countable, uncountableA hamlet in Penrice community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4885).
- countable, uncountableA hamlet in Sheldon parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1108).
- countable, uncountableA hamlet in Otterden parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9354).
Formsslades(plural) · Slades(plural)