slade

Meanings

1. A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
2. A hillside.

1. A spade for digging peat.
2. The sole of a plough.

1. A surname.
2. A place name:
3. An unincorporated community in Powell County, Kentucky, United States.
4. A coastal village and townland on the Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 7498).
5. A hamlet in Haverfordwest community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9416).
6. A hamlet in Penrice community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4885).
7. A hamlet in Sheldon parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1108).
8. A hamlet in Otterden parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9354).

Etymology

From Middle English slade (“low-lying ground, a valley; a flat grassy area, glade; hollows of clouds; a creek, stream; a channel”), from Old English slæd (“valley, glade”), from Proto-West Germanic *slad, from Proto-Germanic *sladą (“glen, valley”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sladaną (“to glide, slip”) or Proto-Germanic *sladdaz (“to be slack, droop”). Compare Old Norse slóð (“track, trail”).