Anglo-Saxon lædan, to pour out. The mouth of a channel or drain.
To lade a boat, is to throw water out.
LADE(Λάδη), the largest of a group of small islands in the Sinus Latmicus, close by Miletus, and opp...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
·vt To draw water. II. Lade ·noun The mouth of a river. III. Lade ·noun A passage for water; a dit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to take water by hand out of a pond, &c. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
, or lade-pail. A bucket with a long handle to lade water with. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book