noun. The act of rocking in a cradle; hence, nurture in infancy; the period of infancy.

noun. In carpentry: Timber framing for sustaining the laths and plaster of a vaulted ceiling.

noun. The framework to which the entablature of a wooden shop-front is attached.

noun. In cooperage, the cutting of a cask in two lengthwise, so as to enable it to pass through a narrow place, the pieces being afterward united.

noun. The act of using a cradle.

noun. Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.

noun. The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

verb. Present participle of cradle.

noun. The act by which one cradles a child etc.

noun. The act of using a cradle (the tool).

noun. The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.

noun. The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.

"I walked in cradling him as far from me as possible (thank God it was warm and I was in short sleeves) and the nurses immediately escorted us past all the horrified people in the waiting room directly to an examination room to deal with the problem."

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