slade
see also: Slade
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /sleɪd/
Noun

slade (plural slades)

  1. (now rare or dialectal) A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
    • a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786 ↗; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034 ↗:
      Yet he slow in the slade of men of armys mo than syxty with his hondys.
  2. (obsolete) The sole of a plough.
Noun

slade (plural slades)

  1. A spade for digging peat.

Slade
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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