noun
slade
slayd
noun
1
A shallow valley or open grassy hollow between hills.
"The path dropped down into a quiet slade before climbing again."
2
A flat wooden or metal blade once used for cutting peat, or the sliding sole-plate on the underside of a plough.
"The old farm tools included a slade for cutting turf."
How to Use Slade
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old, mostly regional word for a small grassy valley, plus a couple of specialised farming-tool meanings.
When to use it
Rare outside place names (e.g. many English villages called "Slade") and dialect or historical writing.
Word Forms
slades plural, slades plural, Slades plural
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Etymology
From Old English slæd ("valley, glade"), a word still surviving mainly in English place names and older rural vocabulary.