noun
- Plural of gled; a bird of prey, especially a kite or hawk.
Usage: chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect; archaic or regional
Examples
- The gleds circled overhead, hunting for small game.
- In Scottish folklore, gleds were feared by farmers protecting their livestock.
- The old hunter spoke of gleds he had seen in his youth.
- Gleds nest high in the rocky cliffs of the highlands.