glade

noun6

1. •
   An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

   • […] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer. — 1851
2. •
   An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
3. •
   (informal) An everglade.
4. •
   A bright surface of ice or snow.
5. •
   (no longer used) A gleam of light.
6. •
   (no longer used) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.