Schneise

Meaning

1. (feminine) a path cut into a location
2. (feminine) a path cut into a location
3. (feminine) a path cut into a location
4. (dated, feminine) snare, sling, animal trap

Concepts

air lane

aisle

clearing

cutting

forest aisle

glade

lane

opening

fire break

swath

air corridor

approach path

lane of approach

approach corridor

Synonyms

Durchhau

Trasse

Groll

Rodung

Einflugschneise

Durchhieb

Gleitpfad

Anflugweg

Gleitweg

Eigensinn

Pikade

Einschlag

Translations

ممر

radioalignement de descente

route

🛣️

tranchée

coupe-feu

corridoio aereo

radura

pista tagliata nel bosco

corridoio di voio

strada tagliata nel bosco

sleuf

brandgang

zwade

zwad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃnaɪ̯zə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: sneise

Inherited from Old High German: *sneisa

In summary

From Middle High German sneise, sneize (first attested as sneyße, 14th c.), from Old High German *sneisa, from Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō. Related to German schneiden.