Sentence:  Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges...: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving <WSD>shore</WSD> far below us. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.