glade

Etymology

From Middle English glade (“A gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice”), also glode, glede, from Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).

noun

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
   […] are creating more "glades," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow. 2003, Newsweek, Travel: In The Trees, Nov 23, 2003
2. (colloquial) An everglade.
3. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
4. A bright surface of ice or snow.
   a glade of ice
5. (obsolete) A gleam of light.
6. (obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.