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lade (2)

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
lade2 /lād, leɪd /
▸ noun Scottish a channel constructed to carry the swift current of water that drives a mill wheel:
a lade from off the Tarland Burn.
– ORIGIN early 17th century (in the sense ‘watercourse, mouth of a river’): probably a variation of lead1; perhaps confused with lade, the Scots and Northern form of lode.
lade (2) — ONAD · Shobdo