glade
g layd
- n a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- In the middle of a nearby glade, Reinado, dressed in camouflage fatigues, held court.
- Occasionally, particularly learned or prized guests make informal, off-the-record speeches in the glade.
- Stravinsky's The Firebird, animated by the brothers Gaetan and Paul Brizzi, becomes a volcano dweller who destroys a forest; an elk and a wood sprite must somehow restore the glade.