subs. (colloquial).—1. A ford; and (2) the act of wading. Also WADERS = long water-proof boots: used by sportsmen for wading through water.
1885. The Field, 4 April. It was a WADE of nearly a mile, and every now and then the water just touched the ponies’ bellies. Ibid., 11 Sept. WADERS are of as much service on the swampy ground round the pool as for actually reaching fish rising some way out.
1888. SIR HENRY POTTINGER, Trout-Fishing, in The Fortnightly Review, xliii. 632. An ardent votary of fly and bank-fishing, with WADERS and a two-handed rod.
