Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLADE, n.¹ [Ice. hlad. Qu.]

1. An opening or passage made through a wood by lopping off the branches of the trees. Locally, in the United States, a natural opening or open place in a forest. There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. Pope.
2. In New England, an opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen.