noun
also load ˈlōd
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English lod, lode, from Old English lād way, course, journey, carrying, support; akin to Old Norse leith way, course, Old English līthan to go — more at lead
1. dialect England
a. : course , path , road
b. : waterway , canal ; also : an open drain
down that long dark lode … he and his brothers skated home — Charles Kingsley
2. : a deposit of ore: as
a. : a mineral deposit that fills a fissure in the country rock
b. : an ore deposit occurring in place within definite boundaries separating it from the adjoining rocks — called also lead, vein ; compare placer
3. : something that resembles a lode
found a new lode of moral strength — A.C.Fields
had struck a lode of human kindliness — Marcia Davenport
his letters are an astonishingly rich lode of information — J.M.England