Lades

Lades is a term with limited standalone definition in English. In common usage, lades is most often the third-person singular present tense form of the verb lade, meaning to load or burden cargo onto a vessel or vehicle. For example, a crew lades the vessel with timber. In modern English, this usage is rare and is typically replaced by loads or by the bare verb lade in more literary or nautical contexts.

Historical and linguistic notes: The verb lade derives from Old English lādian and is related to the modern German laden, both meaning to load. The related noun form lading denotes the cargo carried on a vessel. The plural form lades is seldom used as a noun and is generally regarded as obsolete in everyday language, with lading serving as the standard noun for cargo.

Geographic or personal uses: There is no widely recognized place or person universally identified simply as “Lades” in standard reference works. When encountered as a proper noun, it may occur as a surname or local place name in specific contexts, but such usages are uncommon and not part of a standard encyclopedia entry.

See also: Lade, Lading, Load.