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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an open stretch or patch in the frozen surface of a waterway.
Quotations
1953
Six inches from an open, dangerous glade we just missed a huge ballacater, then catapulted onto the risky ice.
1959
(Caption) The triangular patch at the upper right and the black patch at left center show open stretches of water--the "glades" which are avoided as danger spots by all winter river travellers.